Prashar Lake : The Hidden Beauity

The woods are lovely, dark and deep but I had promises to keep and Miles to go before I sleep.Actually there is a proper transportable road to this Lake, but we decided go through a trek to this place.
It was the time of December and my semester exams were going to over when I planned to go for this holy lake. 2012 was also leading to its end and we planned to celebrate our new year there in Prashar.
 Prashar lake is situated at a height of 2730m(8960ft) in the 50km north- east of Mandi and 64Km south of Kullu in Himachal Pradesh. There is a little floating island between the lake which revolves itself after a regular interval of time.The lake has been named after the sage Prashar father of Vedvyas, who has mediated here.Alongside the lake there is an old three storied pagoda shaped temple dedicated to the sage Prashar. The temple surrounded  with  a small ground throws a picture of divine nature.

 We were total 10 people who were going on trek. All of us assembled in mandi to move for this holy lake. We moved from mandi on 29th December, 2012 at 9AM to a place nearby mandi (7 Mile) through transport vehicle. It took 20 minutes to there. Then we had to start our trek .We all were very exited as it was not an official trek and each of us was going to experience this first time. Weather was showing a good sign as sun was shining and little wind was also blowing.

We started our trekking from this bridge towards our destination with great enthusiasm. after moving some distance we reached  a village Grahan, which was almost last village of this valley.We arrived there at 11:30AM and had our lunch.It was an amazing feeling to have lunch in  between such a divine nature with all my best buddies.After having our lunch we moved forward and we decided to move fast as we were not aware of the trek.

After walking some more distance we were almost lost in valley. We were moving on a trail which was made by the local people for their cattle's. We were in a great dilemma for choosing the right trail towards our destination. We kept our faith on god and continued  moving . After moving for 6 more hours our body and mind were tired.But we had no shelter for the night neither we had our tents with us.  Then suddenly we heard a noise of some localide who was coming back from the jungle towards his home. He was surprised by seeing  all  of us in that jungle and asked "where are you all going". As most of us were also from mandi, it became convenient for us to understand the language of that localide. He told us that the next part of  your trek is  little bit dangerous to cross during night.Then he offered us to stay in his home  for the night. We all agreed to his proposal and decided to move early in the morning for our destination. That man was a kind of  god person for us because we were totally helpless at that movement. Then we moved back toward his home which was at a distance of 1 KM from the place where we were standing .Luckily  one of my friend had his birthday that night on 30th December. We celebrated his birthday there with great fun and after that we went to sleep as we were tired.

Next Morning we wake up at  8:30 AM , had our morning tea and moved forward by giving some money and thanks to that localide for serving us . We found a drastic change in the beauty of nature, a different view of nature was fascinating all of us. Density of trees started reducing as we went on high altitude and some signs of snow was appearing in front of us. 

We reached a nearby lake of Prashar lake after moving for 5 more hours. It was a sign for us that we are now very close to our destination. This lake was  almost freezed  and was giving a pleasant

 feeling . We threw some stones over the lake and there was a sound which was resembling to  breaking of a glass.We halted there for some time to feel that beauty more closely. Then we moved forward and after walking 1 more hour we reached on the transportable road that I had talked earlier.

We then put our bags down from our back and had some tea as it was very cold there . Then we freshen up our self and went to the temple to worship sage Prashar. Then we took a view of holy lake which was looking very beautiful covered with snow. Dhauladhar ranges and mountains of kullu valley which were visible from Prashar lake and were adding astonishing beauty to the nature. 

 It was one of remember-able trek as I was there at holy Prashar Lake  on  the ewe of new year. One must go there to have the positive vibes, but if  some one really wants to feel the bauity .