Trek to Dirapuk (4909m) – 17,093 ft
(Total hiking for the day: 15 km/7 to 8 hours)
Our first day of trekking around Kailash begins at Tarpuche. We crossed Yamadvar and we made our way along the route. We passed numerous chortens (stupas) as well as the sky burial site(Sivashtal) of the 84 Mahasiddas. Most of the things we got to see on this day. We saw Ganesha, Nandi, Sanjeevani parvat, Rat, Shesh nag, Sapta rushis entering the Kailash and the entrance door to Kailash, ( all this images on the mountains are self engraved images). We will also have wonderful views of cascading creeks, streaming waterfalls and the mighty west face of Kailash. We stopped for our lunch in a tea stall( a tent ) and had our packed lunch. We bought a coke can from this tea shop. We also passed the Chukku monastery and arrived at the Dirapuk monastery about five hours later,where we will set up camp for the night. We reached our camp site at around 6 p.m. Our tents were in front of Mt.kailash ( north face).Mt. kailash was so close and looked very huge. The color of the mountain was black and was in the shape of a shiv ling. To have a closer look I looked at the mountain with binoculars. I saw Shiva very clearly, the nose,eyes,and the mouth.
Photo's of our first day's parikrama. In the above photo's we can very clearly see all the things I have mentioned.
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