Vikasnagar

Vikasnager is in Uttarakhand, India.

Understand

Vikasnagar is a great spot to visit as it has beautiful places like Dak Pather and Katta Pather. The nearest Hill Station is Chakrata which is about 45 km away.

Vikasnagar houses the Dakk Pathar Dam. it is in close proximity to various hill stations like Chakrata, Mussourie, and lies close to Paunta Sahib and Dehradun. NHW 123 passes through Vikasnagar, leading to Yamunotri. Vikasnagar is known as a market for remote villages of tribal region of Jaunsar Bhabhar. It is also known as Pachawadoon (western doon) because it is the main financial and economic hub of Dehradun district after the main city Dehradun. Vikasnagar is known for its tea gardens where tea of export quality is produced and exported to American and European Countries. It is also famous for export quality basmati rice and fruits like litchi and dussehere mangoes. Vikasnagar has many mango Plantations, out of which some of the famous are Bhandari Mango Farm and Kunja Mango Farms.

Vikasnagar has widely been known for it natural swimming pool called Baawdi. It is generally believed that Lord Ram visited this place during TRETA yug and relieved Ahilya from her curse given by her husband Gautam Rishi.

See

• 1 Arya Samaj Temple. 
• Baawdi. A natural swimming pool called Baawdi 
• 2 Dak Pather. 
• 3 Dakpathar Barrage. A concrete barrage across the Yamuna River adjacent to Dakpathar in Uttarakhand, India. In a run-of-the-river scheme, the barrage serves to divert water into the East Yamuna Canal for hydroelectric power production at the Dhakrani and Dhalipur Power Plants. The foundation stone for the dam was laid on 23 May 1949 
• Durga Mandir. 
• 4 Gautam Ashram and Gangbhewa. 
• Kaila Devi and Shiva. 
• Katta Pather. 
• Lotus Pond.