An archive of Himalayan folk · Volume IEst. 2026 · Tehri Garhwal
Himalayan landscape
From our motherland to you. Himalaya Folk gathers the songs, stories and silences of these mountains — translating each one for those who feel a little distant from the culture they came from, and remembering them before they slip from living memory.
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Featured songs

Jidyeri Ghasyari
No. 01

Jidyeri Ghasyari

जिदेरि घसेरी

Garhwal

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Kabhi Sila Pakhon
No. 02

Kabhi Sila Pakhon

कभी सीला पाखो

Garhwal

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Layun cho bhaag chaati
No. 03

Layun cho bhaag chaati

लयूं छों भाग छांटी की

Garhwal

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Mountain valley in the Himalayas

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New in the archive

Jidyeri Ghasyari
No. 01

Jidyeri Ghasyari

जिदेरि घसेरी

Garhwal

Read →
Kabhi Sila Pakhon
No. 02

Kabhi Sila Pakhon

कभी सीला पाखो

Garhwal

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Layun cho bhaag chaati
No. 03

Layun cho bhaag chaati

लयूं छों भाग छांटी की

Garhwal

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Himalayan village scene
About the Archive

Why this archive?

I was born in Garhwal, and I have watched the youth grow distant from the culture they came from — including myself. I am not someone who can single-handedly revive what is fading, but I can offer this generation a glimpse of Garhwali, Kumaoni, and Himalayan culture through a native eye.

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