Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
Lake Mansarovar prevails as one of the important pilgrimages for Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, and others. The lake is believed to impersonate impurity, thus is holds highest essence. One who drinks water from the lake is believed to go to the abode of Lord Shiva after death. Like Mount Kailash, Lake Mansarovar is a place of pilgrimage, attracting religious people around from Nepal, India,Tibet and the neighboring countries.
How to reach Kailash Mansarovar? For an easy way to start the journey, the most expedient way is planning the trip from Kathmandu, the religiously rich city. The Kathmandu stay is accompanied by Pashupatinath Darsan and evening aarati, perfect commence to seek blessings from the Lord Shiva. Further, Pashupati prevails as a popular temple of Lord Shiva, where the almighty Shiva depicts as the ‘Pashupati’ means messiah of the animal kingdom of this world.
The morning sightseeing of Boudhhanath and Jal Narayan is certain to leave you with smiles and a boost to pick up your journey. Before you plan the trip, make sure you have all the necessary permits of Tibet for assessing the place.
Yatra via Helicopter
This Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via Helicopter makes your journey easier and faster. You will be flying from Kathmandu, reaching Nepalgunj. From Nepalgunj, you will fly towards Simikot and you will further fly to Hilsa followed by immigration formalites. Then, acclimatizing at Taklakot, we take a short drive to Mansarovar.
At Mansarovar, you can have bath, religious Poona, hawan, meditation and lake parikrama by bus. Similarly, there is drive to Sershung via Darchen, followed by trek for Kailash parikrama to Dirapuk which then takes you from Yamadwar at 4-5 hours of walk.
The day every pilgrims talk about, the most difficult journey throughout the yatra is the last pull to the pass which is steep and, due to the altitude, unrelenting. At a dizzy height of 5640m (18600ft), the Drolma (Tara) La marks the transition from this life to a new one. 200 m-below the pass is a view of the lake of compassion, Gauri kund (5440m/18400ft). The path stretches ahead, with distant mountains on the horizon. The way down is long and the last descend is quite steep. Further trek on the east bank of the river and reach Zuthulpuk . The walk between Dirapuk to Zuthulpuk may take about 10 to 12 hours.
We drive from Zhang Chu to Dar when, back to Hilsa via Purung; henceforth fly back to Simikot, Nepalgunj and then Kathmandu.
By choosing the helicopter trip you can enjoy views of the mountain peak natural scenes. The Kailash Mansarovar helicopter trip makes the long desire of visiting the mount Kailash simple and faster. Most of the Kailash package equips with the dinner and stay. The itinerary for Yatra by helicopter has been designed to minimize the physical rating for the tour. so that older pilgrims find it easier to complete the Yatra. Guests must note that comfort has been optimized in the Road Yatra as well – it’s only the travel time that is little more in this case. The best part about this tour is it gives ample time to rest between journeys, alongside enjoying the scenic beauties.
This tour is a perfect solution for the yatris/pilgrims, which cannot take out adequate time from their busy lives but have passionate desire to pay praise to Lord Shiva at the feet of Mount Kailash.