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COME TO UTTAR PRADESH—HIMALAYAS

When it is summer, we think of Himalayas and nothing else
than Himalayas because at this time of the year, the plains of
India burn and the great cities become burning ovens. At such
.a time, people want a respite, breath fresh air, see the unseen
and climb the unclimbable. The scenic beauty of the Himalayas
.is immensely captivating when viewed from different places,
•times and seasons of the year. The viewer never loses sight of
the ever changing phenomenon, thickly wooded mountains,
dark blue ranges, one piled after another and in the background
the landscape of snowy peaks, each rising higher than the other,
•behind the morning mist when gradually evening falls and fades
into darkness after having shed golden light. Down below the
' hills, we have the grand panorama of green fields and woods
encircled by silvery streams, and at night the fierce flare of the
jungle fire illuminating the surrounding areas. Grander still is
the moonlit night which makes the leaves of forest trees quiver
with delight and when the peaks sparkle with silvery shine under
the bluish background of the ajure sky. The rivers reflect on
the dancing waves the silvery moonlit night. The burst of the
monsoon creates mixed reaction in the minds of the locals and
-visitors and when the water laden clouds burst over mountain