The Cottage Jeolikot

Imagine several sloping acres aesthetically packed with the pick of Mother Nature’s verdant, colourful, fragrant and tasty bounty, surrounding a centenarian, gabled, red roofed, cottage; conveniently situated between Kathgodam and Nainital—in Jeolikot. And at a height of some four thousand two hundred feet, it is an all season, all weather destination.

And you haven’t even peeped inside. Walk in, and the chances are that it would take the ‘best’ techniques of a hard-core terrorist to ‘persuade’ you out of it. In the décor and the ambience, Bhuvan Kumari has managed to blend the best of three life-styles and cultures: that of the ‘pucca’ and not so ‘pucca’ sahibs of the ‘Raj’ era; the Kumaoni tradition; and the comforts, hygiene and accoutrements of our modern era. The floor is comfy, soothing and warm sheesham wood, covered sparsely with a patch-work of cotton durries; but the piece de resistance are the medieval—if not ancient—vintage Kumaoni carved wood-work doing duty as doors, windows and frames. These were meticulously salvaged by Bhuvan Kumari from the debris and junk of demolished homes—destroyed by their owners to make ‘modern’ ones—some as far away as 250 kms! Some were on the verge of being sacrificed to Agni-deva.

Apart from savoring, experiencing and exploring the plentiful attractions of the immediate surroundings, you could use THE COTTAGE as a base-camp to visit several areas of the Kumaon Himalayas.

For everything there is a season…the sylvan serenity and THE COTTAGE await your holiday season…