Vaudhara Falls, Mana & Badrinath Temple

                                          

After Tungnath we left for Mana. We had not booked places to stay or counted the number of days of our travel, it was all impromptu (the kind of travel I love the most). We reached Joshimath and decided to stay at the ITBP guest house. The next morning we went to Auli to experience the chairlift ride, it was an amazing experience that offers great view of Mt. Nanda Devi and many snow covered mountains. Post the fun ride, we left for Mana after lunch.


Tea time with some finger licking snacks 

Mana, a place which is known to be the last village before the border of Tibet, is an antiquated little village from where one can see the change of landscape and the air. It is also believed to be the place from where the Pandavas along with Draupadi passed through before their final journey to heaven. Alongside, it is also known for the origination of river Saraswati. The flow at which the river is flowing is in most hostile form resulted Draupadi to unable to cross the river back then, that's when Bheem lifted a massive rock and threw it to make an overpass for Draupadi. Since then the bridge is called as Bheempul. Bheem was utmost powerful of the five pandavas and one can clearly see his strength by examining the size of rock. Mana also has Ganesh Gufa and Vyasa Gufa, it is believed that Ganesha (in Ganesh Gufa) wrote down Mahabharata and Puran by listening to Ved Vyasa (who was reciting it from Vyasa Gufa).

Bheempul, crossover on Saraswati River in Mana

Since Mana doesn't have any hotels to stay, we were obliged to stay at the army guest house. While taking a stroll in the lanes of this village, we bought some handmade gloves for ourselves. At night we were invited by fellow officers to join them for drinks and dinner.

Second trek was to the Vasudhara falls, mystery about this waterfall is that the water doesn't fall over sinners. To see if it was true or a myth we started our journey to Vasudhara falls next morning. 


On our way to Vasudhara

Vasudhara waterfall is approximately 6 kms from Mana village, the path leading to the falls was easy and not steep. We crossed two frozen glaciers on our way and soon we could see the fall from afar. With much excitement we paced up and reached the enigmatic Vasudhara falls (400 mt.) This waterfall changes it course according to the wind blow and thus few droplets touched our faces, we felt fresh and happy. God only knows whether we are sinners or not but one thing is sure that one should travel to these places to find quietness in life. 


                                                           

   The enchanting Vasudhara Falls 


We came back to our guest house and slept. Next day we paid our visit to Badrinath Temple, one of the 4 dhams of Uttarakhand and stayed at Gopeshwar for the night.

 

Badrinath Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu






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