Twenty-five kiliometres from Nainital is the town of Ramgarh, which is situated at a height of 7,000 feet above sea level. To one side of it are the snow-clad mountain peaks of Nandadvi, Trishul, Panchchuli, Neel Kanth, Nandughunti, etc.; on the other side of Ramgarh lies the region where the Puranic sage Garg is said to have done penance-once called Gagaranchal, the region is now known as Gagar. Those who are attracted to the mountains need no introduction to the hill-stations of Kumaon-Mukteshwar, Maheshkhan, Ghorakhal, Devidhura, Motia Pathar, Bensar, Almora, Kausani etc. which are scatter5ed around Ramgarh. Alongwith motor roads, there are trekking routes, which had been discovered by Indian as well as foreign trekkers and seekers wandering about in search of Truth, leading to these towns and hamlets.


Mahadevi Verma & the Place :
Atop a small ridge, known as Devithan, in the village of Umagarh at Ramgrh, the famous Hindi poetess Shrimati Mahadevi Verma had bought some land in 1937. She had constructed a small bungalow over here. During the summer months, she used to visit this place every year, alongwith her family of numerous birds and animals.
Here she would immerse hereself in the twin tasks of literary creation and social service.l Ramgarh is famous all over Kumaon as a highly-productive, fruuit-growing belt, yet most of its native residents are poor and uneducated. During the time that she spent at Ramgarh, Mahadevi Ji stayed in close contact with the local residents and encouraged them, particularly the womenfolk, to achieve economic independence, self-confidence and an awareness of the world around them.
Mahadevi Sahitya Sangrahalaya will operate at three levels-
1. To provide creative writers with peaceful conditions essential for any creative activity.
2. To analyse and redefine Mahadeviji's concept of 'Chhayawaad' and to initiate and encourage research work dealing with this concept which is an integral part of twentieth-century Hindi Literature.
3. To provide an opportunity for interaction between dedicated and promising creative artists from various streams of literature and from the fields of art and cultures.
Thus, it is hoped that while, on the one hand, the Mahadevi Sahitya Sangrahalaya will emerge as an authentic storehouse of documents related to literature, culture and the arts, on the other hand, it will also contribute towards the growth and development of the cultural scene, particularly in the context of the Indian Social and cultural ethos.


"Gitanjali" and Tagore Top :
T In 1903 Gurudev Ravindra Nath Tagore had visited Uttarakhand in order to give his ailing daughter a chance to recuperate. He walked on foot from Kathgodam to Bhimtal where he was received by his Swiss admirer Mr. Daniel who took Gurudev to Ramgarh. For a while Gurudev stayed at Ramgarh as Mr. Deaniel's quest. However, soon Mr. Daniel had a house constructed for Gurudev on a high ridge, now known as Tagore Top, situated at a height of 8500 feet above sea level. Gurudev had christened the house "Gitanjali" and it was here that he had started writing his immortal masterpiece Gitanjali.
The ruins of the house are still to be seen at Ramgarh, even though huge oak treees have grown in the middle of what-must-once-have-been the rooms, the verandah and the courtyard. The local residents still refer to the ridge as Tagore Top and the place attracts a few Indian and foreign tourists every year. We plan to develop " Gitanjali " and the plot of land surrounding it as a Memorial to Gurudev. For this we will have to reconstruct the building and rebuild the 3-kms. long bridle-path that leads from Ramgarh to Tagore Top. In this way we hope to set up a National Memorial at the place where the immortal Gitanjali was first conceived. We are convinced that this memorial will prove to be a source of inspiration for all creative artists.

AVisit to Almora in 1897. Swami Vivekananda referred to the Himalayas as the land of their forefather's dream. He said "This is the land which since my boyhood I have been dreaming of --- I have attempted again & again to live here forever, and although the time was not ripe, and I had work to do and was whirled away outside of this holy place yet I sincerely pray and hope, and almost believe, my last days will be here, of all places on earth.... these mountains are associated with the best memories of our race."
While we combine your pilgrimage with sightseeing along the lakes and the mountains and night halts at the best destinations of Kumaon. We invite you to revive the glory of the great sage. We take you to the memorable Kakrighat on the Kosi river where the Seami meditated and found the oneness between the macrocosm and microcosm; the spot where4 he fainted and was revived by a local Muslim gentleman in the house of Sri Badri Sah where he first lived and the Thompson House from where he preached his disciples and the cave at Kasar Devi where he had an experience of the Divine.
There upon, we take you to Mayawati Ashram established by S3wamiji in 1899 in Lohaghat and Vivekananda Ashram in Shyamlatal and you have the full experience of the great Saint's nine year association with the Himalayas.
All journeys are performed in Luxury Coaches or Tourist Cab and tourists are lodged in clean and comfortable Tourist Rest Houses. Both vegetarian and non vegetarian meals are served on order. Following tours are organised.