Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Dudhpokhari(Milky Lake)


                                                  
                Dudhpokhari(Milky Lake) & Namun La pass(5560m)

Dudhpokhari( Milky Lake) situated   on the  border of  Lamjung, Manang and Kaski districts of Nepal is at an  altitude of  around (5300m) above the sea  level.  Legend  has it  that some  three   thousand  years ago the  Tamu community now Gurung community of  Nepal entered this area from Tibet via Namun Bhanjang  Pass and made their settlement   here. Therefore this place  is also  known  as  Tamuwan. The Tamu  community  had their own King in the olden   days; you   can see   remains of   their Palace till   now. During   the  Janai   Purnima    (sacred  Thread  Ceremony)   thousands  of pilgrimage and visitorvisit  this   place for  holy worship.  Hindus  worship this  place  as a  site for  Holy  Pilgrimage and  a  lot  of devotees take  this place as the gateway to heaven. There is  a strong  belief that if you  take a bath   in  this  Dudhpokhari  (Milky Lake)  there  times  then  all your  sins committed  in  this  lifetime  get  purified. Therefore  this  place  is  rich in Culture,   Nature,  and  has  a good  geographical  importance  and  other attractions.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Ghalegaun


One of the famous indigenous people of Nepal Gurung is located in an eye catching center of the Nepal Himalaya. The world’s famous Annapurna round route lies at this place. The Gurungs, dwellers of Annapurna and Manaslu Himal regions are famous for hard working and their bravery. The Gurungs villages situated in the northern part of the Lamjung district are Nepal’s new distination. Since a decade ago the concept of village tourism , eco- tourism and cultural tourism are being exercised in this region. The guests are treated here with proper hospitality and are served with clean and delicious organic food. Here in all the villages, well furnished rooms
 and clean toilets are availabele.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

himalayas

The Himalaya Range (Sanskrit: literally, "abode of snow", Hindi/Sanskrit: हिमालय, IPA: /hɪˈmɑːləj(ə)/), or the Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. By extension, it is also the name of a massive mountain system that includes the Karakoram, the Hindu Kush, and other, lesser, ranges that extend out from the Pamir Knot.
Together, the Himalayan mountain system is the planet's highest, and home to the world's highest peaks, the Eight-thousanders, which include Mount Everest and K2. To comprehend the enormous scale of this mountain range, consider that Aconcagua, in the Andes, at 6,962 metres (22,841 ft) is the highest peak outside Asia, whereas the Himalayan system includes over 100 mountains exceeding 7,200 m (23,622 ft).[1]
Some of the world's major rivers, Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra, Yangtze, Mekong, Salween, Red River (Asia), Xunjiang, Chao Phraya, Irrawaddy River, Amu Darya, Syr Darya, Tarim River and Yellow River, rise in the Himalayas, and their combined drainage basin is home to some 3 billion people (almost half of Earth's population) in countries which includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, People's Republic of China, India, Nepal, Burma, Cambodia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia and Pakistan.

The Himalayas have profoundly shaped the cultures of South Asia; many Himalayan peaks are sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. The main Himalaya range runs, west to east, from the Indus river valley to the Brahmaputra river valley, forming an arc 2,400 km (1,491 mi) long, which varies in width from 400 km (249 mi) in the western Kashmir-Xinjiang region to 150 km (93 mi) in the eastern Tibet-Arunachal Pradesh region. The range consists of three coextensive sub-ranges, with the northern-most, and highest, known as the Great or Inner Himalayas.