Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Rishabh Pant begins rebuilding ancestral home in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh
A famous Indian cricketer named Rishabh Pant is rebuilding his old family house.
The house is in a small mountain village called Pali-Amdali in Uttarakhand.
Rishabh's mother, Saroj Pant, visited the village to start the work.
She came on August 4 and stayed for five days.
She found a contractor to rebuild the old, worn-down home.
Rishabh spent part of his childhood in this village when he was about seven years old.
His grandfather left the village around 60 years ago to find work and settled in Roorkee.
Rishabh now wants to move his home from Delhi to Uttarakhand.
He asked the state's Chief Minister for help buying land there, and the Chief Minister promised support.
The villagers are happy and hope Rishabh will visit often once the house is ready.
Reconstruction of cricketer Rishabh Pant's ancestral home has begun in Pali-Amdali village, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand.
Pant's mother, Saroj Pant, visited the village on August 4 after nearly two decades and stayed for five days, hiring a contractor to rebuild the old home.
Pant appealed to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami via X for help purchasing land, saying he wants to shift his base from Delhi to Uttarakhand.
Dhami called Pant the 'pride of Uttarakhand' and assured government support in accordance with rules, with officials to contact him soon.
Villagers say the roughly 11-kilometre road to Pali-Amdali needs paving and the house, about 1.5 kilometres from the road, needs road connectivity.
- Who
- Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant, his mother Saroj Pant, and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami
- What
- Reconstruction of Pant's ancestral home has begun in Pali-Amdali village.
- When
- Early August; Saroj Pant visited on August 4 and stayed for five days.
- Where
- Pali-Amdali village, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, India
- Why
- Pant wants to strengthen his roots in Uttarakhand and shift his base from Delhi to the state.
- Person
- Rishabh Pant, Indian cricketer
- Location
- Pali-Amdali village, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand
- Reconstruction initiated by
- Saroj Pant, Rishabh's mother
- Village visit
- August 4; stayed five days
- Land request
- Appeal to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for help purchasing land in Uttarakhand
- Road to village
- Approximately 11 kilometres; needs paving
- House distance from road
- About 1.5 kilometres
- Grandfather's settlement
- Left village about 60 years ago, settled in Roorkee
