4 UNTOUCHED VALLEYS IN INDIA

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 1. Mana Valley



Mana is a last Indian village from the border of India and Tibet/China in the Himalayas. It is located in the district of Chamoli. It’s been designated as a “Tourism Village” by the Uttarakhand government. Mana village is one of best tourist attraction nearby to Badrinath, It's just 3 kms from Badrinath town. The village is on the banks of the River Saraswati. It is situated at a height of around 3219 meters. The village is surrounded by Himalayan hills.


3. Pindar Valley



Pindar Valley is a popular valley which is acknowledged for its exquisite natural serene and landscape. Pindar valley has number of villages which include Simli, Nalgaon, Narain Bagar, Meenag, Harmani, Kulsari, Tharali and Devaal. At Karanprayag, the Alaknanda River intersects the Pindari River. From there, these rivers flow together as Alaknanda River.

Ganga, the National River, originates in Uttrakhand, its motherland. All the tributaries of Bhagirathi Ganga and Vishnupadi Alaknanda Ganga merge together at Devprayag. And this is where Ganga comes into existence and hence it gets this name. The word Prayag means confluence, and The Vishnupadi Alaknanda Ganga has five Prayags, namely Devpragya (Alaknanda – Bhagirath), Rudraprayag (Mandakini-alaknanda), Karnaprayag (Pinder-alaknanda), Nandaprayag (Nandakini-Alaknanda) and Visanupragya (Dhouli-Alaknanda). Of these, only the Pinder River is a free flowing stream.


3. Pin Valley


Pin Valley National Park is situated between 31° 6’ 40″ to 32° 2’ 20″ N Latitude and 77° 4’ 21″ to 78° 6’ 19″ E Longitude. This park is located in the cold desert area of Spiti Sub-Division of Lahaul & Spiti District of Himachal Pradesh.

The intention to constitute Pin Valley as a National Park was declared in the year 1987.


4. Lidder Valley


The Lidder Valley or Liddar Valley in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India, is a Himalayan sub-valley that forms the northeastern corner of the Kashmir valley. The Liddar River flows down the valley. The entrance to the valley lies seven km northeast from Anantnag town and 62 km southeast from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a 40-km-long gorge valley with an average width of 3 km.






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