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30 Dec 2008
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Valley Of Flowers

Nestled in the picturesque valley of Garhwal Himalayas in the state of Uttarakhand, this place is infectiously beautiful for alpine flowers and incredible natural sceneries. Nanda Devi National Park is near by and together its called Nanda Devi and Valley Of Flowers National Park. The park spreads over an area of 87.50 km square and also recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage site. The park is also famous for variety of fauna and rich with rare and endangered wild creatures. Home of some of the beautiful animals like Asiatic black bear, snow leopard, brown bear and blue sheep. As the name suggest the place is beautifully adorned by varieties of flowers, shrubs, orchids and must see place for phytologist. The place is in the western Himalayas so embellished with Himalayan flowers including ferns, dwarf iris, dwarf larkspur, dwarf rhododendrons, primula, blues poppies, fritillaria, asters and uncountable inulka grandifloras. Heavenly abode of chilling streams, shady silver birch and snowy peaks, the place is believed to be playground of fairies and nymphs. It was unknown to people worldwide untill English botanist Frank Smyth in 1931 made it famous detailed 262 different types of flowers in his book, Valley Of Flower.

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02 Feb 2009
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Japanese athletes participating in different Olympics

Japanese athletes particpating in different Olympics showing passion for being part of the Olympic movement