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Kullu - Manali in HIMACHAL ghoom aaye aap.MUMMY- a preserved dead body.The only MUMMY in India

I am fortunate to have visited this village while on a search for medicinal plants of the Himalayas in the trans-himalayan regions of India.This is in the one of the villages of Spiti (Himachal Pradesh).One has to reach village named Geu,approximately 10 km from Giu naala and connected with link road between Sumdo and Tabo, located near the Indo-Tibet border to see the naturally preserved unique Mummy, which is more than 500 years old and is an attraction for the visitors. The village Geu is situated at a height of approx 10,000 feet above the sea level. 

The mummy in the village is placed in a room constructed on a hilltop. It is believed that this mummy is of a Lama-Buddhist monk, who died at the age of around 45 years and was found in a sitting posture in the mudra of Samadhi.

MEDICINAL PLANTS OF the HIMALAYAS

S.No	local name	genus	part used	treats
1	atis	aconitum	dried roots	cold
2	chura	angelica	dried roots	heart
3	ratanjot	arnebia	dried roots	blood
4	phunkar burtse	artimesia	dried fruits	deworming
5	kala jeera	carum	seed powder	digestion
6	salampanja	dactylorhiza	dried roots	kidney
7	somlata	ephedra	dried leaves	liver
8	jangli datura	hyoscyamus	seed powder	toothache
9	manu	inula	dried roots	body pain
10	karoo	picrorhiza	dried roots	fever
11	bankakri	podophyllum	dried fruits	uterus
12	artso	rheum	dried roots	constipation
13	kuth	saussurea	dried roots	cough

 MY TRIPS OF EXPLORATION of HIMALAYAS and Medicinal Plants

Most of these are practised in "SWARIGPA"- Tibetan System of Medicine
  Meetha/Banwa (Aconitum balfourri); Ratanjot (Arnebia euchroma); Fankamal (Saussurea gossypiphora ); Atis (Aconitum heterophyllum) on left

 

Atis (Aconitum heterophyllum);Dolu (Rheum australe) and Salam Panja (Dactylorhiza hatagirea) on right.

 

Dhoop (Juniperus indica); Lhook-rhoo Karpoh (Pedicularis bicornuta); Shoma (Verbascum thapsus) n Somlata (Ephedra gerardiana)

 Shoh-rhoo Karpoh (Pedicularis verticillata);Dolu (Rheum australe); Choru(Angelica glauca);Lhook-rhoo Karpoh (Pedicularis bicornuta) 

Gentiana, Potentilla, Fragaria sp. above in pic;Artemesia silver leaves) and Hyssopus sp. are common Medicinal Plants found in the Himalayas.

HIMACHAL TREKKING ROUTE- KEYLONG TO PANGI

TREKKING ROUTE-KAZA TO GEU

	SPITI (Himachal )
	Delhi ( 239 m)
	Manali (2050 m)
	Rohtang
	Kunzum la (14,800 ft/4,500 m).
	Lossar
	Hansa
	Kyato
	Hal
	Murling
	Rangrik
Kaza	Kaza (3686m)	Kaza
Tabo Monastery		Kee
Geu(Mummy)		Kibber
		Langza
		Hikkim(15,500 ft)
		Komik
		Rangrik	Rangrik
			Lalung
			Dhankar
			Attargu
			Kungri Monastery
			Gyuling
			Khar
			Sagnam(PIN Valley)

Me in HIKKIM- The then village with highest Post Office in the world situated in SPITI valley of Himachal Pradesh.Geographically Lahaul and Spiti is the largest district but the population density of this place is very low.The administrative headquarters of district consisting two valleys Lahaul and Spiti is located in KEYLONG in LAHAUL Valley

HIKKIM - The village with Highest Post Office in the World.

UTTARANCHAL

TREKKING ROUTE TO MILAM

TREKKING ROUTE TO TAPOVAN(GOMUKH)

Gangotri is approachable by bus from Delhi.

After that one has to be on foot.Support is available - Horses and Porter.First base camp is Bhojwasa-14 kms from Gangotri.Tent accomodation and Dormitories are available.Thenext day one can move towards gomukh.On reaching gomukh glacier the base may be TAPOVAN.Approx 200 m height on the opposite side of Gomukh.Utmost care should be taken while crossing the Gomukh glacier when going to Tapovan,as there is a danger of slide and breaking of glacier. 

See the Gomukh Glacier splitting into two pieces while we were crossing for the other side of it to reach Tapovan. Bhagirath,Split Gomukh, Gomukh and Tapovan make a magnificient view.

GANGOTRI to GOMUKH

On the left of Gomukh tourists can see Bhagirath while on the right is Tapovan.

There are two huts in tapovan which lodging and fooding is availble on payment.

One hut is of Israeli Baba- A lady from Israel turned Hindu saint and settled there.

The other hut is of Bengali Baba,now his wife was managing.

Late Baba ,can be seen in photographs removing snow cover of his hut ,

with spade.in the photograph even during chilled winter of Himalayas ,

during the season when a normal tourist is seen in tons of woolen clothes,

while the bengali baba was in only Dhoti-the tranditonal dress of saints.

The power was believed to be because of the Yoga he practised

ACONITUM - This is the rarest plant myself was fortunate enough to locate few.

Aconitum heterophyllum

HERBARIUM

DACTYLORHIZA- A very potent medicine in practice.

Dactylorhiza                                                                                      Ephedra sp.

EPHEDRA-A plant very much in use for blood related ailments. 
UNIVERSALLY the name Ephedra is well known among WWE fans as a good FAT BURNER.

Piccrorhizha kurroa

PICRORHIZA-Kurro easily accesible throuh traders,difficullt to identify in its natural habitat.

2010 Photo of THE Nursery and a Medicinal Plant sown and FENCED by me and my colleagues when we working as an employee of a development organization during  2003-04

Medicinal plants Nursery IN 2003 next day after fencing and sowing.
 

Same Nursery IN 2004 soon after melting of snow.

 
I could get an opportunity to see same plants of Medicinal Value in 2010 and they were still in place

Bachpan me khelte waqt aapne kitne plants maare honge aapko dhyan bhee hai !!!! Park me ya sadak pe pitthoo,lattoo,kanche or chupan chupai khelene ka mauka aapko toh mil gaya but about next generation

Khet Jameen kee jagah ab buiding n carron ne le li hai.Places such as ethnic village farm or amusement parks or adventure parks based on the concept of agrotourism,ecotourism,heritage tourism,cultural tourism,rural tourism ,ecological tour,eco camp or agricultural tourism remain present day option.

   

One thing which attracted me most in Spiti is the only MUMMY in India.A place of worship for local people and tourists.This body is assumed to be more than 200 years old of an Lama- a Buddhist monk who was found in the mudra of Samadhi.

This is in the remotest village of Spiti  and is named GEU. On this route from KAZA to GEU we can visit TABO which one of the very famous and old monastries.

You can see black utensils in the pic of a home kitchen in Spiti.The inetersting aspect is that these black utensils are made up of  PATHTHAR ,meaning "ROCK".These utensils keep the food hot more longer than utensils of other material.This ia a feature very appreciated in snowfall belts like this.

In the Cold Deserts of Himalayas one can come know about Snow Leopards and Ibex.

In Keylong,the headquarter of Lahaul and Spiti district one Hotel is also named Ibex.

     

In Keylong also one can see IBEX playing on the hills.The Keylong looks pretty green with full of lush green vegetation which turns milky white during winter.This change of colour is the real beauty of Lahaul and Spiti.The people are of very good and supportive nature.Children are shy everywhere.

The table where these three kids posed for me reminds of the day when Pooja Bhatt a famous female actor of Bollywood had her lunch here, some noodles and a chocolate bar on her way to shoot a movie called PAAP. All vehicles were having a sticker of Fish Eye Network .Besides Pooja Bhatt, i could not recognise any body. Udita Goswami who was playing lead role in the movie,was accompanying her,whose name i could know after the move was released.

In Kaza there was a restaurant owned by a very humble Tibetan Lady where 3-4 members of PAAP movie team used to have some pastime often chatting with us. One day while sitting in the same restaurant talking to to those daily visitors of Fish Eye Network team One actor fatman from Australia,second who played the role of Lama Norbu in the movie.I was staring at third man for few second talking to the australian,exerting pressure on my mind where had i seen the third man.

Then after asking a colleague i cam to know that the man is Munir Makhija,very popular VJ on Channel MTV anchored as Udham Singh.

It was published later in some newspaper that he and Pooja got married to each other a  few months after release of Paap movie.

There were several oppotunities to see these actors often shopping local artefacts and Tibetan ornaments.

During those days mobile phones did not worked in Kaza and there was only one STD PCO which was the only option for any tourist therefore celebrities were often approachable. 

TRILOKNATH during snowfall. Triloknath temple is worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists both.Situated in Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh

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Chittorgarh चित्तौड़गढ़ Rajasthan was the capital of the Sisodia Dynasty of Mewar

Rani Padmini (Queen Padmini),the queen of Chittor sometime around the year 1300 A.D. committed self-immolation (sati) during jauhar (mass self -immolation) to defend her honour 

 

Maharana Udai Singh II was the 53rd ruler of the Mewar dynasty. He was the fourth son of  Rana Sanga and Rani Karnavati

Maharana Udai Singh II was the founder of the city of Udaipur in the present day Rajasthan state of India

 

 

Udaipur City Palace is an important tourist attraction in Rajasthan.

There are several hotels on the banks of Lake Pichola in Udaipur.

  
Udaipur is also a scenic beauty unmatched in Rajasthan 

several hotels on the banks of Lake Pichola in Udaipur make this lake more beautiful

One such place in the lake city Udaipur is Ambrai restaurant at Amet Haveli situated on the western bank of Lake Pichola

An evening in Udaipur would add a beautiful picture to your memory. Pichola lake and Fateh Sagar lake provide spectacular views 

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