The tea-houses of Har Ki Dun: 800-year-old villages
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The tea-houses of Har Ki Dun: 800-year-old villages

Nakul Bisht Sep 2025 9 min

Inside Osla and Gangad, where wooden Pandavkalin temples still stand and butter tea still flows.

The trail to Har Ki Dun isn't just a valley walk. It's a corridor through Garhwal's living heritage.

Osla

A stone-and-cedar village said to predate the Pandavas. The Someshwar temple in the centre is one of the oldest wooden temples in Uttarakhand.

Why our route stops here

We schedule lunch at a Pradhan-ji's home in Osla so the village earns directly from your trek. No middlemen, no commission.