Kailash Yatra via Nathu La pass -7

On the banks of Holy Manasarovar Lake 

 Because of proper acclimatization  there was no proble for anybody in completion of the holy Kailash Parikrama. All of them completed the parikrama successfully and they stayed on the banks of Manasarovar for two nights.  They were also could not visit Astapath.

Holy Manasarovar Lake 

Yagna on the shores of Manasarovar

They had the holy baath in the freezing waters of Manasarovar and   also performed the yagna as a thanks giving gesture for the wonderful darshan and a successful yatra they had. 

Beauty of Manasarovar at dawn

They were also blessed with the sight of celestials taking bath in the form of   stars in the Manasarovar and were very much happy that they were  blessed with this rare phenomenon. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Yatra to be concluded ...........

Holy Yatra to the Abode of Lord Shiva -13

On the Shores of Manasarovar Lake - Chiu Gompa

After a wonderful and nice first darshan of the Lord and an equally nice bath in the Holy Manasarovar we travelled along and saw Rakshas Tal and reached Zaidi where Chiu Gompa is situated on a hillock for the night stay. 

Beauty of South face during sun set

A information board

As we had some time and it was sunset the whole environment was golden and we visited Chiu Gompa and enjoyed the beauty of Manasarovar. . These types of notice boards are ubiquitous in the Manasarovar and Kailash parikrama route. It gives in detail the parikrama route and also has the emergency contact no also for any help. 

 A stupa at Chiu Gompa

 Majesty of Manasarovar - Bird's eye view from the hillock top

 Chiu Gompa

During His sojourn in Tibet Padma Sambava has stayed here for one week. During that time he has overcome many evil forces and so a Sandalwood statue of Padmasambavaa is instlled in Chiu Gompa. 
     

Prayer wheels

The beauty of sunset

The Sky, the clouds, the mountain, the lake earth and all it was golden.

A beautful Thanka painting in the gompa

Intricate wood work in the Gompa

On a near full moon day on the shores of Manasarovar Lake

Due to the landslide and subsequent trek there was a delay of one day. So we were on the next day after full moon day but the beauty was the same as on afull moon day. The sky was clear and there were millions of stars and Manasarovar shone in the rays of moon. 

                                 

                                                                                     The  Holy yatra continues . . . . . . . . .

      

Holy Yatra to the Abode of Lord Shiva -12

Holy Bath in Manasarovar

Gowri Shankar Darshan 

The bus driver stopped the vehicle at a nice place where the water was crystal clear just at the feet of the Gurla Mandata peaks. The sherpas readied the shelter for dress changing and we all had the holy dip in Lake Manasarovar. One of the duties of a Kaialsh yatri is the holy dip in this lake and by the grace of Shivasakthi we could complete the same. The water was crystal clear at that place and the weather was also sunny and so we had a nice leisurely bath in Manasarovar. 

Getting ready for the Holy bath

The Holy bath 

A Holy bath in Manasarovar rids one of all His previous sins and they reach the Shivaloga all of us were blessed by the Lord that we could bath in the Holy water. 

Prayer to the Lord 

Shri Elangovan,  Kumaraswamy and Muruganandam  

 Parvathy and Jagadeesan 

Balasubramanian and Sujatha

Janarthanan  and Suganthi 

Sudhakar and Ramakrishanan 

After the bath in Manasarovar we all offered prayers to Lord Shiva for His Kindness in granting His darshan 

Offerings to the Lord

As we were taking bath cloud cover hid the Lord, we prayed to the Lord by chanting His hymns and sounded the conch, by His grace the cloud cover opened up as if a door was opened and we had the full darshan of the Lord and offered camphor lighting to Him. 

Radharaman, Rhama 

Chinnapappaiah, Chandra, Nagammal Kumari 

 Ramesh, Sekar, Revathy, Kalavathy, Malliga

Our group at Manasarovar 

After the holy bath and prayers to the Lord we again boarded the bus and travelled towards Zaidi our stay for the next two days. In between we enjoyed the beauty of Rakshas Tal also. The islands in this lake was clearly visible that day. By evening of the day we reached Zaidi and stayed there.

                                                                                               The  Holy yatra continues . . . . . . . . .