Short hike to Deoria Tal 

Our First Stop from Roorkee - Dev Prayag (125 kms ~ 4.5 hrs via N.H 7)

Somewhere near Rudraprayag (2 more hrs /65 kms from Devprayag)

Glued to the window seat... en route Saari Village: Chopta Pokhari Road

First sight of the snow capped Chaukhamba mountain range: en route Saari Village from Rudraprayag

Picturesque saari village: Base camp for the trek (55 kms/2.5 hrs from Rudraprayag)

Sun setting down the Saari village....colorful hues of nature. Sights like these are the ones which makes one rethink about life's priorities and makes you wonder what's really important.

Trek to Deoria Tal starts from here, its a short 2.3 km hike from Saari

En route trek to Deoria Tal... It is believed (as per Hindu Puran) that Deoria tal was built by the pandav Bheem and this was the place where Pandavas were asked queries by Yaksha.

Omkar Ratneshwar Mahadev Temple en route Deoria Tal (halfway through the trek)

Chaukhamba, Nilkantha, Bandarpunch and Kedar Himalayan range overlooking Deoria Tal.

Finally reached Deoria Tal at 7999 feet (took 1.5 hrs from Saari village)

Bird's eye view of the Saari village (somewhere on the trek while descending down)

Colorful saari village, almost every other house serves as a home stay here, so lots of options for tourists and travelers.

In a different world ...