Bigul

Bigul is a village in Uttarakhand in the Himalayan North of India.

Understand

Bigul is a beautiful tiny hamlet in the district of Bageshwar. It offers magnificent views of the Himalayas from Nandadevi to Panchachuli and beyond. Quite matchless beauty for breathtaking sunset, surrounded by various thick forest of trees such as pine, rhododendron etc.

Bigul is still a less known destination on the tourism map but keeps great importance in history. In the time of British rule their army stayed here in tents and camps for weeks to collect lagaan (tax) by whistling biguls, which are playing instrument. Nearby villagers used to come here after listening to the bigul to contribute their grains, cloths, cattels etc. as lagaan.

In times past Atithi Devo Bhav (in English, the guest is God), defined a tradition of responsibility to offer visitors food and other requirements during their stay. Atithi devo bhav is a tradition of hospitality still in vogue in India today and attracts millions of tourists every year.

Get in

Bigul is 32 km from Bageshwar on the Bageshwar-Chaukori motor road, at an altitude of 6750 ft.

There are three routes to reach Bigul from Delhi:

• Delhi - Kathgodam - Nainital - Almora - Binsar - Takula - Bageshwar - Kanda - Bigul
• Delhi - Kathgodam - Nainital - Almora - Seraghat - Berinag - Chaukori - Kotmanya - Bigul
• Delhi - Kathgodam - Nainital - Almora - Kosi - Kausani - Baijnath - Bageshwar - Kanda - Bigul

Bigul is 520 km from Delhi, 198 km from Kathgodam via Binsar, 105 km from Almora via Binsar, 32 km from Bageshwar. Chaukori is 15 km from Bigul.

See

• Dhaulinag Temple. A divine place, located on the top of Vijaypur Mountain, 5 km from Bigul. 

Do

• Watch the sunset. The elevation, isolation and lush greenery of Bigul make it great spot to watch the sun go down. (updated Jun 2018)

Eat

• Traditional Kumaoni cuisine

Drink

• Spring water.