Valley Of Flowers National Park Uttarakhand History and Interesting Facts

Valley Of Flowers Quick Facts

Valley Of Flowers Overview

Located in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, the Valley of Flowers is world famous for its flowers, greenery, and clean environment. Uttarakhand is one of the most beautiful states of India, it is a state that attracts tourists not only from the point of view of faith but also from the point of view of tourism. The Valley of Flowers is a part of the Nanda Devi National Park in the Western Himalayan region.

Valley Of Flowers History

Due to its inaccessibility the outside world had little knowledge of this place. In the year 1931, Frank S. Smyth, Eric Shipton and Some British climbers named R.L. Holdsworth lost their way on their return from a successful expedition to Mount Camet and reached a valley full of flowers.

They were attracted to the beauty of the region and named it "Valley of Flowers". Frank Smyth later wrote a book with the same title.

In 1939, a botanist appointed by the Royal Botanic Gardens KU, "Joan Margaret Lees", was sent there to study the flowers of this valley, but while collecting flowers from some rocky slopes on the way, she slipped and died there. Went. Later his sister visited that valley and got a monument erected there.

Chandra Prakash Kala, a botany professor appointed by the Wildlife Institute, conducted an in-depth study on the flowers of the valley and their conservation since 1993. The beauty of this valley is the same as it was before.

Valley Of Flowers Interesting Facts

1. This valley is about 87.50 sq. km. It is covered over an area of ​​about 2 km. wide and about 8 km. is long.
2. This valley is a part of Nanda Devi National Park situated at an altitude of about 3352 to 3658 meters above sea level.
3. The year 1862 AD Pushpavati Valley was discovered by Colonel Edmund Smyth.
4. In the year 1931, the mountaineer Frank S. Smyth later wrote a popular book on this valley called "Valley of Flowers".
5. This valley was recognized as an Indian National Park by the Government of India in the year 1982.
6. In the year 1988, UNESCO included it in the list of World Heritage Site keeping in mind the amazing beauty, clean environment of this valley.
7. The Indian Forest Research Institute found plants with more than 600 Angiosperms species around this valley in the year 1992 and about 30 Pteridophytes species have been identified.
8. More than 300 species of colorful beautiful flowers are found in this valley.
9. The flowers found mainly in this valley are mainly anemone, Germanium, Marsh, Marigold, Pribula, Potentilla, Geum, Tarak, Lilium, Himalayan blue poppy, Bachnag, Delphinium, Ranunculus, Corydalis, Indula, Sausuria, Ampanula, Pedicularis, Morina, Impatinus, Bistorata, Ligularia, Anophalis, Saxifaga, Lobilia, Thermopsis, Troulius, Aculegia, CKodonopsis, Dactylorrhism, Cypripedium, Strawberry and Rhododendron etc. are included.
10. Flowers grow in abundance in this valley from July 15 to August 15, which makes it seem as if someone has made Rangoli there.
11. The park is administered by the Uttarakhand State Forest Department, Department of Environment and Ministry of Forests, India and is open only during the summer from June to October and is heavily covered in the rest of the year during the rest of the year.
12. Flowers were surveyed and invented by the Wildlife Institute of India in the year 1992 and 1997 and five new species of flowers were invented for science by the Wildlife Institute of India in 1997.
13. Out of the Valley of Flowers, 45 medicinal plants are used by the local villagers including Sausuria Obwalta (Brahmakamal), Nanda Devi etc. Along with Sunanda Devi the plant is used as religious offerings.