Darshan of Akor face at Astapath
Holy Mount Kailash, Nandi Pavat, Risabhadev's Liberation spot
Travel in Land Cruiser to Astapad
We walked about 3 Km.............
As the river was fully frozen
A stream from the river
Grass sprouted even in snow
Goyal family
Himansu, Punitha, Pankaj, Mahendra Kumar
Ajay Kaushik
Eti Agrawal
Himalayan Rodents
First darshan of Kailash
Still nearer
Kaushik family
Cloud shrouded South face
Slowly cloud opened up a little to grace a nice darshan
The best view of the day
The face, three eyes, the matted locks and Ganesh are clearly seen
The face, three eyes, the matted locks and Ganesh are clearly seen
The vertical line is also called Meru Danda
Through which divine energy flow into the earth
Ganeshji, South & East faces and Nandi
This photo was taken in 2005, during my earlier yatra when the sky was clear and less snow
Kailash and Nandi
Risabhadev the first Jain Thirtankar obtained liberation here
( Brij Lekh Suthar)
Three in one
Holy Mt.Kalash, Nandi , Rishabadev memorial
Holy Mt.Kalash, Nandi , Rishabadev memorial
Hail the Holy feet of the Lord
Back to Darchen after a nice darshan
Sundar, Babu, Vaishanav
On 05-06-2012 morning after enjoying the beauty of Manasarovar laced with snow we left for Darchen the base camp for Kailash Parikrama. The snow fall was continuing still and except for the road every where it was snow and snow only, if it snows it will be difficult to perform the parikrama so we prayed to the Lord to grant us His full darshan we sang bhajans during the travel and slowly the snowing stopped and sun came out of clouds. When we reached Darchen it was a clear sky and bright sun shine. Our guide suggested to first go to Astapad and have the Darshan of the close view of the South face of the Lord and then proceed to parikrama.
He himself arranged for land cruisers at a fee of 100 Yuans per person and we proceeded to Astapad. As the river coming from the south face was frozen, they dropped us before 3 Km ahead of Astapad. We crossed the snow river and walked along the other bank and has the darshan of the south face of the Lord. As clouds have shrouded the face of the Lord we waited for some time by the grace of the Lord the clouds cleared and we had the darshan of the Lord and again the clouds covered the Lord. Later we visited the sacred site where Jains first Tirthankara Rishabadeva attained Liberation along with his disciples. We also got the darshan of Nandi Parvat. We prayed to the Lord for sometime with Hymns of Appar and returned to Darchen as we have to start parikrama that day.
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