Kailash Manasarovar Yatra 2011 - Batch 1 - Day 11

Jun 08 2011 – Day 11

Journey – Gunji to Nabhidang – 18 kms – via Kalapani

For a short distance we all went by ITBP truck and got down at Kalapani. The famous Kali Mandir is situated at Kalapani and it is considered to be the birth place of River Kali Ganga. We spent quite a lot time visiting the mandir and performed some bhajan. After that we reached ITBP camp for breakfast. After breakfast, we had beautiful darshan of Nag Parvat. We could not see the Vyas Gufa due to weather. The clouds and mists are everywhere in the mountain.

Our Deputy LO Shri Mattaji collected all our passports for verification by Indian Immigration and after their verification, he returned the passport. This is important step – though the individual stamping on our passport is not done, the original passport is verified by the custom department.

We continued our yatra by trek from kalapani to Nabhidang. The trek is very enjoyable. The trail is sloping upwards gradually. With fresh wind hitting on our face, we enjoyed our trek much. Somewhere down the trail we have to cross the river, which we did cross with the help of ITBP personnel. After crossing the river, the terrain is flat for some time and going upwards for some time. We enjoyed our trek throughout the way.

We were enjoying the mountains and natural beauties of Mother Nature. Suddenly we saw the OM Parvat from a distant. OM sign in Hindi is quite visible from a far distant. We chanted Om Namo Shivaya and continued our yatra. On reaching Nabhidang ITBP camp, we could see the Om Parvat and Nabhi Parvat quite clearly. We had fantastic darshan of OM parvat for more than one hour. After that due to weather, we could not see them properly. It is life time bliss that we could see the Om parvat for such a long time. We took quite lot of photos and performed some bhajan praising lord Kailashpathi.

After refreshment, Our LO gave lot of instructions. Because the next day we had to go to Taklakot passing the Lipu lekh pass. We had to get up very early morning around 0200 hrs and continue our yatra. For this He instructed all the pony men to tie their ponies in the camp itself. He also gave special instructions on how to walk on the ice.