For me, it’s almost 25 years since I left my childhood village.
Today’s video is back to my childhood village, see how it has changed over the past 25 years and also experience the real life in the Tibetan countryside.
Actually, my parents’ house had collapsed about ten years ago because none of us lived here and reparied the house. So I could only went back to my uncle’s house.
My uncle’s house remains almost the same as before. I even took a nap in my childhood bed.
Like all the other Tibetan stone houses, my uncle’s home consists of bedrooms, a typical Tibetan style dining room, a separate praying chapel, a storeroom, and a very Tibetan toilet (an open-air toilet).
Among these rooms, the praying chapel is the most special one in a Tibetan house. Every Tibetan home has a praying chapel, where the family can do their daily prayers in their free time.
Though there is a modern refrigerator, my uncle’s family still kept the original storeroom to keep air-dried yak meat and other items.
I was amazed to see that they still had their old habits, and it was gratifying to see some new changes, like the new TV and tap-water pipes, because my uncle and my nephews could enjoy better living conditions than I had back then.
Collecting yak dung, doing kora around the nearby ancient stupa, visiting the Jhoden Monastery in the village…these were all parts of my daily life since I lived with my uncle in this small Tibetan village.
I would like to share the memory of my hometown with all of you through this video. Hoping we could meet together in Tibet and let me take you to my lovely hometown.
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Tashi Delek from the Guge Kingdom!
Today, I will show you an exploration trip to the lost kingdom in western Tibet.
The Guge Kingdom, one of the first important cultural relics sites under protection in Tibet, is a place full of stories and mysteries.
Even I am a Tibetan, every time I come here, I got a feeling of mystery.
The ancient Guge kingdom has so many mysteries and secrets. Can you imagine there used to be a kingdom with over 100,000 citizens in such a wild area? Even now, people have no idea how this beautiful kingdom was destroyed in one night. No one knows what happened here.
Where do these tunnels lead? Where are the secret ways of the winter palace?
With many questions, I explored the ruins of Guge kingdom in my way. I crossed the tunnels in the ruins, which were believed to reach the hidden city of Shambala. I climbed to the winter palace at the top of the ruins, exploring the rooms, but found nothing.
Just like playing a treasure hunt game, I was always able to find some connection to my Tibetan ancestors.
Also, the Ruins of Guge Kingdom is an awesome place for photographers to take pictures. From the top of the kingdom ruins, you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the Guge valley.
The Tholing Monastery, which is 18 kilometers away from the ruin of Guge Kingdom, is also worth a visit since it is the first monastery in west Tibet. Although it has been destroyed many times in the past, you can still see many ancient stupas, statures, morals, and so on in this old monastery.
I really recommended the ruins of the Guge Kingdom for you, which you can add to your Kailash tour.
In the end, I would like to share some tips for your trip to the Guge Kingdom.
1. Please wear a pair of comfortable hiking shoes, as you will need to climb to the top of the ruins.
2. The ruins of the Guge kingdom are heavily weathered and not very stable and fixed in some places. Please be careful not to get too close to dangerous areas such as the outer walls near the cliffs.
3. The steps inside the ruins are very steep, so please watch your step.
4. If you are interested in Tibetan history, you can learn more about the legends of the Guge Kingdom before you go. It will be more interesting to bring your own questions to find your answers about the lost kingdom.
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Mayapur village — this little bubble brings feelings of safety, security and serenity. With manicured aesthetics and lots to do; This compound invites a variety of food, fun and education for all. The underlying buzz of festivities sweeps warmth across the compound quarters. It was lovely staying here amongst all the friendly faces and compassionate people.
Today we began our Kartika parikrama in Mayapur by visiting Nrsimha Palli and HariHara ksetra, two special holy places in the Dhama. There we discussed the glories of both Lord Nrsimha and Lord Siva. The spiritual atmosphere of these places was overwhelming and more so due to the ecstatic Kirtan’s we had! So much mercy is available in the places of the Lord’s pastimes.
For our first parikrama we went to Kamyavan and had darshan of Vrinda-Devi, the beautiful reddish coloured Deity worshipped by Srila Rupa Goswami 500 years ago. In the courtyard of her temple we discussed many of Radha and Krsna’s pastimes, as well as Maharaja Yudhisthira’s answers to Yamaraja’s 10 questions that took place at nearby Dharma-kunda. The kirtans led by Bada Haridas prabhu were especially sweet in that most auspicious atmosphere.
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Just in case if you missed watching any episode of our Uttarakhand Garhwal region — Char Dham yatra, i would suggest you to refer to our playlist and see them in series, other wise you may miss continuity.
In the last episode you saw we reached Badrinath Dham and did night stay at a camp near the temple.
In this episode you saw that we went to Mana village which is at a distance of 4 km from Badrinath Dham, spent half a day there, then we went to Shri Badrinath Dham, there after we started for Gurudwara Gobind Ghat.
Details of places visited by us, as shown in the video with additional information is given below for your ready reference.
Himalayan Camping Point: This is the place where we had our breakfast, they operate camps for night stay. This is 1 km before Mana village.
Following are the food items we had at this place, these food items are of Rongpa community which is part of Bhotia community, they are residents of Mana and NIti villey.
Bhumla (Plain rice seasoned with shahi jeera)
Kwakla (Sunder Kala handmade noodles seasoned with koch local herbs)
Price: 150 per person breakfast
Tent: 1000 for double bed
Address: 3 km away from Shri Badrinath Dham.
Location: tinyurl.com/y3wjurmk
Mob: 7579017763
9411391979
Mana Village: Though this place is so near to Badrinath Dham that you should not miss going to Mana village, ideally spend a day there and if you are short of time, atleast half a day.
Ganesh Gufa: This is the Gufa where Lord Ganesh sat down and wrote the Epic Mahabharata.
All the places in Mana village are near to each other, but yes you will have to walk down 1 or 2 km with in the village, you will love the scenic views from the village and will see the village as well.
Vyas Gufa: You must visit this cave, more than 5k years old, you will get the opportunity to learn about Maharishi Ved Vyas, Pandit ji, there is very knowledgeable he tries to explain about the things in detail to visitors of the Gufa ( cave).
You will have to trek for 3 km to reach this place, Though it is steep but if you walk down with less halts you can reach there in one hours time…. This place is near Shri Badrinath Temple.
Tribe Nation Badrinath: This is the address and contact number of the camp, where we stayed over night.
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Tent: Rs. 2000 for double bed
Mob: 7467016669
9997084168
Address: Badrinath, Uttarakhand 246422
Location: tinyurl.com/yy7zkswf
Hanuman Chatti: This is a popular and historic temple of Lord Hanuman, you should halt at this place.
Watch Prayagraj (Allahabad) Video: I mentioned in this video that you can go check out our Prayagraj video for sangam. This place was earlier known as Allahabad. Link of video is given below.
Hope you enjoyed watching this episode on our journey from Mana village to Gurudwara Gobind Ghat.
Though we mentioned in the video that next day we will go to Gurudwara Shri Hemkunt Sahib but we could not go there next day.
Reason- we were there on 1st June and that was the day of opening, there were many yatri’s there plus there was risk of glacier melting as well…
Gurudwara management requested Yatri’s to stay back for one or two days and then go there…
We decided to go to Auli and then come back… You will see Yatra of Shri Hemkunt sahib in episodes to come.
For your information: Yatra for Shri Hemkunt Sahib starts from Guduwara Gobind Ghat, you can go there on your vehcile then from there you have to travel 13 km… out of which 4 km you can go on shared jeep then from there 9 km trek to Gurdwara Gobind Dham.
You should look at staying at Gurudwara Gobind Dham or at some near by hotel at Gobind Dham next day you have to trek 6 km to go to Shri Hemkunt Sahib then come back to Gobind Dham. Since oxygen level at Shri Hemkunt Sahib is low, so people are not allowed to stay back there.
For more detailed information about yatra of Shri Hemkunt Sahib, pl. See the episode of the same.