The Mountains Already
Had the Story
When we first stood on the ridge above Dhanachuli and looked north, the Great Himalayan range filled the horizon end to end. The Kumaoni hills rolled down in front of us — orchards, deodar pines, terraced farms, and far below, a cluster of slate roofs where a village had stood for generations.
The question was not "what kind of resort should this be." The question was: how do we build something worthy of this view?
We named the property Digantaa — Sanskrit for the horizon, where earth meets sky. We named the cottages after the birds of these hills. We hired our team primarily from the surrounding villages. And we built Oregano around what the season could give the kitchen, not the other way around.
Eight years later, we still ask the same question every morning. The mountains still answer it.
— The Founders, Digantaa Resort