Amaldu is a small village in the patti - dabralsyun of Pauri Garhwal district of the Uttarakhand state of India. People here are all mostly priest of the surrounding villages, whose residents are called jajmaans and Uniyals as pundits. The last place to reach here by bus is Devikhet, from where one have to hire a jeep or sumo, then in a journey of 50–55 minutes, one will reach the place heavenly beauty-"Amaldu". The nearby villages are Dabolikhal and Kuntni.The residents of village Amaldu migrated from UNI village in tehri garhwal , and worships the heavenly goddess "ma rajerejeshwari" .The priests boasts heads of yamunotri dham and heads of other dhams ...
Originally the Uniyal people ( as per the written records they were 2 brothers from mithila who came to uttrakhand for religious pilgrimage purpose. And setteled in village UNI )were permanent residents of Mithila ( modern day bihar) dozens of centuries ago..And migrated from that place to UNI village..
And spread across the state , thus some of them inhabitated amaldu village .
Wildlife in the village: Wild life is quite impressive there , one could find herds of different deers like " khanjar , ghueed , cheetal looking deers, leopards, black asian bears, big lizards, peocoaks,sparrows , mackpies , porkupines,and various other wild species...
Villagers of amaldu specialises in speaking sanskrit ,mantras, and other ancient texts ...
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