Manimahesh Kailash

IN Every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. When I was on my trek to Shrikhand Mahadev, I met a person there who was about 60 years old. He told me that there are five kailash  namely Shrikhand Kailash, Manimahesh Kailash, Kinner Kailash, Mansarovar Kailash and Aadi Kailash. At that moment I decided that my next expidition would be Manimahesh Kailash.

                                                  As per Hindu mythology it is believed that Lord Shiva used to reside at Kailash. So, no one can even dare to think about going there, until he/she is not blessed by lord Shiva. So, I was blessed  by god after 3 years to visit Manimahesh Kailash in 2016.


                           I was doing my summer internship program in Delhi. Suddenly one day I asked my friends to go for Manimahesh Kailash. Two of my friends get ready for the trek. I and one of my friend Pushkar Sharma booked our bus from Chandigarh to Chamba situated in Himachal Pradesh and one of our friend Monash Thakur was coming directly to Chamba from his hometown Kullu in himachal pradesh. We all met in Chamba. The weather was too much clear there in chamba, but it was heavily raining in other areas of himachal pradesh.Then we took a taxi from chamba to Bharmour, a town in chamba distt, in himachal pradesh situated at a height of 7000 feet
   
                                  We arrived bharmour at 3PM. We put our luggage in our rooms there which was already booked for us by one of our  friend Abhishek Thakur, who is local resident of bharmour. Then we went to Chorasi Temple which was just near to our room. Chorasi is in the center of bharmour town and has immense religious importance because of its 84 temple complex.

These 84 temples were built 1400 years ago and  offers a delightful, clean and scenic view. When we entered into the temple, we were filled with positive vibes. I had never seen so many shivalings  altogether in a single complex. There is a temple of Dharm Raj in chorasi, which is the only one of its own kind.in whole world.
                                        

Then we had to go for Bharmani Mata temple which is situated at  a distance of 4 Km from chorasi temple .According to legends and local belief when lord shiva went to kailash , granted a boom to Bharmani Devi that all persons intending to go on pilgrimage to Manimahesh Kailash must have to visit Bharmani devi. We moved for Bharmani devi at 4PM. As we started moving toward it , we were being almost hypnotized by charming beauty of nature. Local school children were also walking with us towards the temple , but we with fast speed as compared to us,

         
We reached the temple after walking for one and half hour. Then we went to inside the temple to pray in front of goddess. I was fascinated by seeing the temple as it was very old and was a symbol of old culture.
                                   

Then we came back to our rooms after taking rest there . It took just half and hour to reach back our room in chorasi. It was just like a warm up trek for us before climbing to kailash.

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Next morning we woke up early in the morning , but weather was not  allowing us to move forward. It was raining completely for whole night.We waited for some time and then weather got cleared after some time . Sun starts rising  from behind the clouds  and we moved to hadsar in taxi , which was 3 KM from bharmour. It was the  station from where we had to start our trek . WE started our trek at 10:30AM from hadsar. The weather plays an important role when we go to mountains, but this time weather was in our favor. We moved with full enthusiasm towards our destination. River was flowing along with the trek and it was giving a fantabulous feeling . We took our first halt after walking for 2 hours. We had some toffees, chocolates with us which provides enough protein during trekking.Several small shops were also there in the trek in which pranthas, magi, were being served.

The signal strength was zero in our cell phones and we were disconnected from the whole world for 2 days. But then suddenly we saw a BSNL landline there in a shop. We were surprised to see that at this much high altitude we are getting a facility of  calling.Then we made call to our parents from that PCO and informed them that we are good and safe . So, don't worry about us. 

Then we move forward and decided that now we will take our next halt at Gauri Kund which was 6KM from there. As the altitude was increasing  nature was taking different shapes and showcasing its beauty in a  flamboyant  manner. We met different strangers during the trek.  Usually Seva Langars are being organised there during official yatra , but as we were gone before official yatra, so people of seva smiti were establishing their shops at that time.

           We reached Gauri kund at 6:30PM. The weather starts changing tremendously and drizzling starts there. Then we stopped there and had a cup of tea . After that we went to Gauri Kund to worship Gauri Maa .As the weather was turning bad so after worshiping , we moved towards our final destination Manimahesh Kailash(Shiv Kund) .
                                                                               

It took half an hour to reach us to Shiv Kund. We were tired but then suddenly weather cleared and we were blessed by lord Shiva as we were able to see the Shiv Mani on kailash . It was feeling very good to see the sky after weather clears up. Stars were clearly visible and were giving tremendous touch of beauty. After that we slept in our tents.Then we woke up next day and went to shiv kund for having bath. It was very cold in the morning . People were taking bath there and loud sayings of Har Har Mahadev were giving strength to them to take bath in that much cold. We also took bath and then worshiped Lord Shiva  to bless us with positivity and a proper direction to lead our life. Then we had our breakfast and came back to our homes safely with lots of positive energy.