In 1875,a phlegmatic Britisher administered the virgin Kumaon Hills tucked away in the lap of the Himalayas. One morning, he spurred his steed up and down the vales in pursuit of the most splendid sunrise in the Himalayas. Atop a hillock, 6600 feet above the sea, he tarried his mare and watched awestruck. For what he saw sent his heart leaping. His senses reeling. 

He gasped..... A paradise on earth !