Kheer ganga...refresh your spirit in mid of parvati valley
Before moving towards Kheer Ganga and about its trek i will briefly introduce you to Parvati valley. Parvati valley circuit is the perfect brew to calm an agitated soul.the crisp mountain air,delicious Israeli food and above all that worlds best marijuana makes it "Amsterdam of India".It is also called hippie paradise.Beautiful placesare often hidden away in the most easily accessible of places and Parvati valley is one of them. Parvati valley in Himachal is one of the beautiful destinations in the world to escape from the stresses of a mundane life.it is also famous for its hot springs.
"PARVATI VALLEY IS NOT ONLY A PLACE TO LOST BUT IT IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF"
KEEP CLOSE TO NATURE'S HEART....AND BREAK CLEAR AWAY, ONCE IN AWHILE, AND CLIMB A MOUNTAIN OR SPEND A WEEK IN THE WOODS, WASH YOUR SPIRIT CLEAN. {JOHN MUIR}
How to reach
For reaching Kheer Ganga you must come to Bhunter 6km away from major town Kullu. After that you can take a private/public vehicle to reach Manikaran or you can go Kasol. Kasol is a small village on the bank of churning and frothing Parvati river on one side and looming pine trees on the other. Every bend in the river opens up to an exciting vista of pine trees cliffs and waterfalls. At Kasol you will find a lot of Israeli cafe and inside them you will get a lot of weed smoker. At this p[lace you will always find 70% foreigners.you can take private vehicle to Barshaini from where the track start.Other way is to reach Manikaran Sahib and can take vehicle from there to Barshaine.
Manikaran is a holly place for both Hindu's and Shikh. Manikaran Sahib is a huge Gurudwara tucked between imposing hills and fierce Parvati. There is a very old Ram Mandir which have very importance in Hindu culture. there are a lot of hot water springs where the local people uses for many works.you can even cook rice in the hot spring water. The devout take a dip here to wash their sins and illnesses away as the spring water is believed to have healing properties.a story regarding hot spirngs is a serpent stole the earrings of parvati,the consort of lord shiva,and disappeard with them into a deep burrow. on witnessing shiva's terriable anger,the snake was too terrified to come out of its hole,but managed to snort the earrings out through the earth, thus creating vents from which the hot springs bubble out.
The trek
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When we were travelling to Kheer Ganga we reached Barshaini at 2pm. As we are near to this place we started our journey at 10 am in our Scorpio car. we had lunch at Kasol and reached after that Barshaini. It is the last place where the road is motorable,the trek start from here.There is a power project called Malana-Phase1. Here we packed some snacks andf water bottel as price rises when you starts going upward. The track is around 12 km and take around 4 hours depending upon your fitness level.After starting trek you will find a lot of people in season time to give company you.
I can promise you when you will start reaching Parvati narrow streams bank you will get more motivation to reach and more you will refresh.We as are from hilly area too we were quite comfortable to climb as it was normal to us. we were heading backward many people among which maximum were south part of India. We found a lot of foreigners in the way which all were good in trek like us.the trail meanders along the Parvati and you will find enough stay,eat and smoke options throughout the trail. We just had some rest at a small cafe before reaching a proper settlement at Nagthan. We had some snacks and coffee at this place and rested around 45 minutes here.after some km you will reach Rudranag and it is a revered site for Hindus. After that you will cross a narrow stream of Parvati from where you can say real Parvati valley starts. you will find a lot of stalls for food items. you will get a lot of waterfalls on the way. a dense Devdar forests starts from the other side of stream and you will enter into heaven.I was climbing hills so easily like the plain road as i was sublimed in the nature beauty. there were some good arrangements for waste and as a local people told me about that they are afraid of NGT to operation here like Rohtang pass so Mahila mandal is working to keep away the NGT from this place.On the way we found a good stall where some people were singing local songs and we decided to have a banana shake here.the stall owner was very kind person and he reduced his price for us as we were locals. We had breakfast another day at his stall while returning.after resting here about 40 minutes we decided to boost up our speed as sunset was near.
we reached Kheerganga at 6 pm and we were very satisfied with our speed.As we reached there i was very happy and it was a sublime feeling.trans were playing all around and more than that natural beauty.it is a tiny meadow atop a hill, which is also a Hindu pilgrimage site.it is believed to have lord Shiva meditated here for 3000 years.here you will find yourself in abode of Shiva. You will find yourself in a different world and you will forgive everything until the moment you will be there. now for bad reasons it is a hippie site as you will find weed easily here and you will see maximum people around you smoking. at the start of hill we met a person called Justin from California. he played flute for us and was a good person to talk. we had conversation with him around half an hour and next day also.after that we decided to have a bath at the water spring. you will find a small water pool of hot water in which you will find a white cream due to which it is called Kheer Ganga. there is a story about it in Hindu books. a temple of Shiva is on the other side of pool. the pool water is believed to be good for health and skin. you will get feel like drunkenness as you will spend more time in pool as it contains Sulphar. we had a 1 hour bath at pool and after that we try to find out a lodge for night stay. you will easily get a lodge for stay in cheaper price that is 100 rs per night. You will get a very good food at this place as you cant imagine how it is possible in that type of remote village.you can eat Israeli, Japanese,Spanish,Chineese Indian etc food there.you will find lodges full of foreigners enjoying weed and trans playing. you can feel another world here. Next day we had a hike around the place and another bath. we prayed at temple and march back toward home. It was such a spirit refreshing trek that will always remain in my heart and i always will try to visit this place again.
Hope you have liked my post and you will be helped by it in your trek. In the last i want to say that respect nature whatever you go and don't harm it anyway
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I can promise you when you will start reaching Parvati narrow streams bank you will get more motivation to reach and more you will refresh.We as are from hilly area too we were quite comfortable to climb as it was normal to us. we were heading backward many people among which maximum were south part of India. We found a lot of foreigners in the way which all were good in trek like us.the trail meanders along the Parvati and you will find enough stay,eat and smoke options throughout the trail. We just had some rest at a small cafe before reaching a proper settlement at Nagthan. We had some snacks and coffee at this place and rested around 45 minutes here.after some km you will reach Rudranag and it is a revered site for Hindus. After that you will cross a narrow stream of Parvati from where you can say real Parvati valley starts. you will find a lot of stalls for food items. you will get a lot of waterfalls on the way. a dense Devdar forests starts from the other side of stream and you will enter into heaven.I was climbing hills so easily like the plain road as i was sublimed in the nature beauty. there were some good arrangements for waste and as a local people told me about that they are afraid of NGT to operation here like Rohtang pass so Mahila mandal is working to keep away the NGT from this place.On the way we found a good stall where some people were singing local songs and we decided to have a banana shake here.the stall owner was very kind person and he reduced his price for us as we were locals. We had breakfast another day at his stall while returning.after resting here about 40 minutes we decided to boost up our speed as sunset was near.
we reached Kheerganga at 6 pm and we were very satisfied with our speed.As we reached there i was very happy and it was a sublime feeling.trans were playing all around and more than that natural beauty.it is a tiny meadow atop a hill, which is also a Hindu pilgrimage site.it is believed to have lord Shiva meditated here for 3000 years.here you will find yourself in abode of Shiva. You will find yourself in a different world and you will forgive everything until the moment you will be there. now for bad reasons it is a hippie site as you will find weed easily here and you will see maximum people around you smoking. at the start of hill we met a person called Justin from California. he played flute for us and was a good person to talk. we had conversation with him around half an hour and next day also.after that we decided to have a bath at the water spring. you will find a small water pool of hot water in which you will find a white cream due to which it is called Kheer Ganga. there is a story about it in Hindu books. a temple of Shiva is on the other side of pool. the pool water is believed to be good for health and skin. you will get feel like drunkenness as you will spend more time in pool as it contains Sulphar. we had a 1 hour bath at pool and after that we try to find out a lodge for night stay. you will easily get a lodge for stay in cheaper price that is 100 rs per night. You will get a very good food at this place as you cant imagine how it is possible in that type of remote village.you can eat Israeli, Japanese,Spanish,Chineese Indian etc food there.you will find lodges full of foreigners enjoying weed and trans playing. you can feel another world here. Next day we had a hike around the place and another bath. we prayed at temple and march back toward home. It was such a spirit refreshing trek that will always remain in my heart and i always will try to visit this place again.
Hope you have liked my post and you will be helped by it in your trek. In the last i want to say that respect nature whatever you go and don't harm it anyway
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