8/17/2019 Muk Tesh War
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Mukteshwar: Salvation for the soul
Standing on the top of the Chauuri Jhali gazing into the vistas
of the amora valley
and the tremendous view it commands. I don’t know much of
sucidal tendencies ut
when you are at the edge of the peak!I do sometime have the urge
to "ump. #ver
the years when its cousin across distance have een $ooding in
with more tourist!more hotels! more ta%is. I am glad to say
Mukteshwar hasn’t changed much! it
continues "ust to e a &point' which can e tickedo( in the
e%cusions list from
)ainital. *he eauty of the place is unparalled to any of the
cousins. Jim Coeett
himself fell in love with the place in +,-, when he came to
Mukteshwar in search of
a Man ating tiger. *his pearl of a place would continue to e
hidden from the world!
it might well e "ust a trek route from /howali if not for a
disease Congenation in
0une. *he 0une city was too crowded to conduct any research on
the su"ect!
Mukteshwa which was undergoing a cattle disease 12inderpest3.
*he disease link
etween the two places and the the cool zephyr Muketeshwar o(ers
to its visitors
woked in the small hamlet’s favour and Impreial /acterial
4aoratory was set up in
+5,6. 7fter Independene it was named Indian 8ietnay 2esearch
Institute.
9hat to do in Mukteshwar
7t a height of ;!lled with lush green forestu h Mukteshwar
is the est hillstation as they come. 9hat really one needs to do
is get rid of the car
and walk into the rodedendrons and pine forest. ?ollowing trails
which often leads to
no where. It is a good placeto get lost. Just efore you hit
Chowfulli a road leads to
the Methodist Church! the road has een well carved out now. *he
architechture of
the churh is simple and elegant much like the people inhiiting
the small city. *heChurch has een well preserved with th tin roof
and painted walls.
*he Mukteshwar *emple after whom the temple is named where
4ord Shiva granted
mukti to an assur is a hike for those who are religiously
inclined. *he temple is
more than 6
