The scenic beauty of Almora, its ideal climate and situation,and magnificent view of mighty Himalayas attracted a large number of visitors from the plains during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Some of the prominent visitors are :-
– Swami Vivekananda,
– Mahatama Gandhi and his wife Mrs Kasturba Gandhi,
– Shri Ravindra Nath Tagore,
– Sir J.C. Bose,
– Shri Udayshankar,
– Shri Moti Lal Nehru,
– Shri Jawaharlal Nehru and Mrs. Vijay Laxmi Pandit,
– Shri Jamuna Lal Bajaj,
– Shri C.Y. Chinatamani,
– Shri Boshi Sen,
– Mrs. Gertrude Emerson Sen,
– Mother Cook,
– Miss Slade (Mira Bahin),
– Lama Angarika Govind,
– Mr. Earl Brewster,
– Mr. Sorensen,
– Shri Batukeswar Dutt,
– Sri Abhay Deva and Shri Dilip Ray of Aurobindo Ashram,
– Shri Yashpal,
– Sri Deva Dass Gandhi,
– Shri U.N. Dhebar and many others.
