It was a cold misty morning at Nathu La, the natural high-altitude passage between India and Tibet, across the Himalayas, in Sikkim. Passports had been verified for the one last time by the Indo Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP), baggage…
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Category: Epic Road Journeys, Tibet, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: Beijing, China, Delhi, Gangtok, India, Kailash, Kailash Mansarovar, KMY, Lhasa, Mansarovar, MEA, Nathula, Road, Sikkim, Tibet, trans-Himalayas, travel, Yatra
As apparent from the title and book-cover itself, “The Sacred Mountain” is a travel manual to the holiest of mountain regions – the Kailash Mansarovar – located in Tibet trans-Himalayas, which is regarded sacred by followers of no less than…
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Category: Books, Talks and Rants
Tags: Book, China, Dalai Lama, Darchen, Himalayas, John Snelling, Kailash, Lipulekh, Mansarovar, Pilgrimage, Pranavananda, review, Sacred Mountain, Taklakot, Tibet, trans-Himalayas, travel
The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayan Region. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 22 of 22 Previous Chapter The following morning, I chose to ignore the otherwise routine morning activities, which…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Spiti, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: Himalaya, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, Kalpa, Kargil, Kashmir, Kinnaur, Ladakh, Lahaul, Leh, Manali, Photography, Postscript, Road Trip, Rohtang, Shimla, Spiti, Srinagar, The Treaty Road, trans-Himalayas, travel
The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayan Region. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 15 of 22 Previous Post …
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Category: Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: Glaciers, Jammu & Kashmir, Kargil, Ladakh, landscape, Leh, Nun-Kun, Padum, Panikhar, Parkachik, Pensi La, Photography, Rangdum, Road Trip, Sankoo, Shafat, Suru, trans-Himalayas, travel, Zanskar
The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayan Region. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 14 of 22 Previous Post …
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Category: Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: Alchi, Bodh Kharbu, Fotu La, Indus, Jammu & Kashmir, Kanji, Kargil, Ladakh, Lamayuru, landscape, Leh, Leh-Kargil, Moonscape, Namika La, NH1D, Photography, Roadtrip, Srinagar-Leh, The Treaty Road, trans-Himalayas, travel, Wakha