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=DEHRADUN=

Dehradun is a city situated in the heart of Uttarakhand a state in the northern India besieged by the eminence mountains. It is near the capital of India, Delhi and the Himalayan foothills. The city is one of the most populated regions in India and it is well known for it's sacred Hindus pilgrimage plates. Dehradun is a city where travellers are mesmerized by it's fascinating tourist's spots. There are various sightseeing and holy expeditions where both the tourists and local people visits during their leisure time with their families and friends. You will find mountains of running waterfalls and rivers of different size of different lakes from neighbor countries like the holy river Ganges,Yamuna,Alakananda,Bhagirathi and Nandakini originated from rushing ooze of glaciers of the western Himalayas India, Nepal and Tibet's borders. There are revered shrines of different religions, zoological and botanical parks, and the beautiful hill station in mussorie. Rural villages in the countryside are unevenly scattered. I have been there when I was in high school to my grandparents during summer vacation and I still remember those time I've spent there. We have a small Tibetan colony there in clementown where one of the prestigious tibetan monastry was built and both Tibetans and Indians visit the lord buddha and guru Padmasambhava statues. I used to go to the monastry with my two younger and used to walk around and take some round chanting mantras. Not only it was about practicing our religion but to stay healthy too and I had pleasure time with them. We have many tibetans living in clementown and some also have small shops and some do small scale businesses of chillies and spices to meet their living expenses. My home is in dharawali which is very near clementown. It's a small tibetan settlement which was newly founded few years back and these days I heard that many tibetans have started building their houses there which is making the settlement even bigger than before. On the day of loser(tibetan new year) our family always go to the temple which is a part of the loser occasion. Tibetans wear their best and fancy chupa(traditional clothe) and have fun with all the friends amd families making tents and having parties in groups.The scorching heat of the sun won't leave you alone but impel you to dive into cold water during summer and the rainy season brings endless shower for the parched plants and forests and juice them up with life all again.

When I was in dehradun, i went to Sahasradhara with my family. There was this resort where many people came to swim with their friends,families and were having great time. Even if I didn't know how to swim that time I dived in the water which was kind of lukewarm because of the sun's heat. My sister splashed the pool water on me and I got soaked from the beginning and we slided on the pool slide and that moment was terrifying for me. After that we went to have family lunch on the ground near the pool. We opened our picnic basket, spread a table cloth on the ground and settled there in circle. We had mashed potatoes with fried bread, juice, butter tea, and some fresh breads too with jam and mayonnaise. Those memories are still very vivid and it feels like it happened just recently.

There are so many places where you can spend your time with friends and family. There is this big shopping mall on Rajpur road called Pacific mall where I went with my brother, sister and aunt. There were many pine trees on the roadside and you may still find them gnarled and bent. Pacific mall is considered one of the biggest shopping mall in dehradun and many tibetan children goes there during their second Saturday outings. They sell branded clothes, fastfood and there are game centers too. We watched a new released an indian movie their and had lots of fun there.

If I talk about any tourist's place where I have been myself, was the Robber's cave or Guchhu pani. It is a naturally formed cave where river flows ins9de the cave and you can hear the gushing river flowing. The rocky walls kept me fascinated the whole time and my hands were automatically clicking pictures.We tibetans have different lifestyles compared to the Indians. Many tibetans from our colony earn money during the winter business where they go to different states and sell winter clothes such as jackets, sweater, stalls ets. So during the winter our settlement almost look like a ghost town with only few families.At my home I used to help my aunts with house chores and spent my time with my grandparents listening to their tales of tibet and the people living there. I also did learn how to do cooking and tried to make different dishes every day since I was on holiday and had nothing to do. They would appreciate my cooking which boosted my cooking skill.

Even if I haven't stay there for long period of time but i came to know many thing about Dehradun and how beautiful this place is with flinches of nature'beauty every where you go and I realized that the qoute"heaven is under pur feet as well as over our head " is perfectly said and If I get to visit dehradun again someday I will make sure to visit those places again and recapitulate those beautiful memories again.