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Kasol is a village in Himachal Pradesh, northern India. It is situated in Parvati Valley, on the banks of the Parvati River, on the way between Bhuntar to Manikaran. It is located 42 km east of Kullu at the height of 1640 meters.
village home near Kasol, Parvati Valley - deep inthe Himalayas
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യാത്ര എന്നത് പലപ്പോഴും പുതിയ കാഴ്ചകൾ എന്ന ഒരു തലത്തിൽ മാത്രമേ നമ്മൾ എടുക്കാറുള്ളൂ. സ്ഥിരം കാഴ്ചകൾ, സ്ഥിരം വഴികൾ ഒരിക്കലും അതിൽ വരാറില്ല. ചരിത്രം പക്ഷെ മറിച്ചാണ്, മികവുറ്റ യാത്രാനുഭവങ്ങൾ പലതും ചെറു യാത്രകളിൽ നിന്ന് ജനിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. അടുക്കളയിൽ നിന്ന് കിണറ്റിൻകരയിലേക്കും, അവിടന്ന് ആലയിലേക്കും, തിരിച്ചും ഉള്ള ദൈനിക യാത്രകൾ അറബിക് കവിതകളായി എഴുതപ്പെടുന്നതും അതുകൊണ്ടാണ്. യാത്രകൾ മനസ്സിനെ സ്പർശിക്കുന്ന അനുഭവങ്ങൾ ആയെങ്കിൽ മാത്രമേ യാത്രികനാവൂ. യാത്രയുടെ അളവുകോൽ കിലോമീറ്ററുകൾ അല്ല എന്നത് എത്രയോ വട്ടം മനസ്സിലാക്കിയിരിക്കുന്നു. ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് കിലോമീറ്ററുകൾ യാത്ര ചെയ്തിട്ടും ഒഴിഞ്ഞ മനസ്സുമായി വന്നു കേറുന്ന പുരുഷനോട് താൻ തൊട്ടടുത്ത കുന്നിന്റെ മുകളിൽ കേറിയപ്പോൾ കണ്ട കാഴ്ചകൾ മണിക്കൂറുകൾ എടുത്ത് വർണ്ണിക്കുന്ന ഭാര്യ.
ഗ്രഹാണിൽ താമസിച്ച ദിവസങ്ങളിൽ പലയിടത്തും വെച്ച് ഈ സുന്ദരിയായ അമ്മൂമ്മയേയും അതിലേറെ സുന്ദരിയായ ഈ ആടിനെയും കണ്ടിരുന്നു. തിരിച്ചിറങ്ങുമ്പോൾ യാദൃശ്ചികമായി വീണ്ടും ഞങ്ങൾ കണ്ടുമുട്ടി. പരിമിത സാഹചര്യങ്ങളുടെ ആ തുരുത്തിൽ കഴിയുമ്പോളും എത്രയോ യാത്രാനുഭവങ്ങൾ ഈ അമ്മൂമ്മക്ക് പറയാൻ ഉണ്ടാവും. വീട്ടിൽ നിന്നും ആടിനെയും കൊണ്ടുള്ള ചെറു യാത്രകളിൽ ലോകത്തിന്റെ നാനാഭാഗങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുള്ള എത്രയോ സഞ്ചാരികളെ ഈ ചിരിയോടെ അവർ സ്വീകരിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടാവും. പലപ്പോഴും തൻ്റെ ചിന്തകളും കഥകളും ഈ നടത്തത്തിന്റെ ഇടയിൽ ഈ ആടിനോട് പറഞ്ഞിട്ടുണ്ടാവും. ഒരിക്കലും വെളിച്ചം കാണാൻ ഇടയില്ലാത്ത ആ കഥകൾ ഇന്നുള്ള എത്രയോ സഞ്ചാര സാഹിത്യങ്ങളെക്കാൾ മികച്ചതായിരിക്കും. ആ കണ്ണുകളിൽ കൂടി കണ്ട ലോകം അതെത്ര ചെറുതാണെകിൽ കൂടിയും അതിന്റെ പരിശുദ്ധിയും നിഷ്കളങ്കതയും പകരം വെക്കാനില്ലാത്തതായിരിക്കും. ഭാഷയുടെ പരിമിതിക്കുള്ളിൽ നിന്നും ഞങ്ങൾ കൈമാറിയ പുഞ്ചിരികൾ ഒരു പക്ഷെ മനസ്സിനോട് അത്രയ്ക്ക് ചേർന്ന് നിന്നതു കൊണ്ടാവാം, ഈ ഫ്രെയിമും ആ യാത്രയും ഏറെ പ്രിയങ്കരങ്ങൾ ആയത്.
In this illusion called life...
we are all surrounded by forces of the Divine.
Some leave us in awe...light on a majestic mountain...
Some touch us deep...words in a spoken or written line.
Know these for what they really are...
and bow down to every moment they have come to define.
Let those forces shine...Bow down to the Divine.
- CoSurvivor
Even the darkest clouds...
they have a silver lining
And in their beyond...
there's a sun shining.
be engulfed by its shadow...
or be beckoned by its shine
...those rays of light
...that bright white line.
- CoSurvivor
#ParvatiValley is situated in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. From the confluence of the Parvati River with the River Beas, the Parvati Valley runs eastwards, through a steep-sided valley from the town of Bhuntar, in the Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh in Northern India.
Camping in a horse pasture - lovely but muckish - with a view of the next day's walk down the Parvati valley.
"Best viewed large," as the kids say these days.
A ray of light sneaks through thick cloud cover.
Taken while hiking to Kheerganga, deep inside the Parvati Valley - Indian Himalayas.
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Into Parvati Valley after crossing Phangchi Galu pass (~4,600 mts), Great Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh, India
Kids on the way to school from Manikaran to Gargi village wich is based on altitude of 2200 m, Located in the Parvati Valley on river Parvati, northeast of Bhuntar in the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India
The Himalayan Village Resort is situated near Kasol village on the way between Bhuntar to Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh.
Village of Kasol has recently transformed into a hub for backpackers, especially Israelis. Even some of the banners in the restaurants are written in Hebrew for the convenience of the tourists. Tourists are attracted to the scenic valley, untouched hills, low population, and great climate throughout the year.
Gurudwara Sahib Manikaran - Manikaran is located in the #ParvatiValley on river #Parvati, northeast of Bhuntar in the #KulluDistrict of #HimachalPradesh. It is at an altitude of 1760 m and is located 4 km ahead of #Kasol and about 35 km from #Kullu.
Kids going to school from Manikaran to Gargi village. Based on altitude of 2200 m, Located in the Parvati Valley on river Parvati, northeast of Bhuntar in the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India
"Among the shining gods I am Vishnu; of luminaries I am the Sun;
among the storm gods I am Marichi; and in the night sky I am the Moon;
among the great seers I am Bhrigu; among the words I am Om;
and among mountains I am the Himalaya."
”So Exults Bhagawad Gita"
Deo TIbba (Mountain of the Gods) AND Indrasan (Throne of the Indra) are two gorgeous summits on the Pir Panjal Range in the Kullu Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh.
Deo Tibba is the mountain of the Gods, and the Devtas are believed to sit on this peak, while the Lord of War & Weather-Indra, carries out a meeting from his throne-Indrasan.
Indra is the controller of weather & also the Lord of the Devtas.
The peaks stand in the Pir Panjal Range as:
DeoTibba 6001m
Indrasan 6221m
PS: The shot has been made on the morning of Christmas day of year 2012, from the holy shrine of Shikari Devi Temple located on the top of the WLS by its name. The Goddess is bountiful and kind-offering.
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Kids on the way to school from Manikaran to Gargi village. Based on altitude of 2200 m, Located in the Parvati Valley on river Parvati, northeast of Bhuntar in the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India
White turned brown in the heat of the flame. The cigarette collapsed in the center and tobacco crumbled in his palm. He dumped it on a pink slip, added some hash and mixed with his fingertips.
“Walk me through what you’re doing,” I said.
“There’s less tobacco this time. Usually I take equal amounts of hash and tobacco.” He then took a tiny piece of cardboard and made it into a funnel. “This is a roach. How big the roach is, and how big the joint is, depends on how much pot you have.” He transferred the hash-tobacco mixture from the pink slip on to a strip of rolling paper. He plugged in the roach, rolled the joint and took a drag. It set off a series of hoarse coughs.
“The tobacco is less, that’s why,” he said, and took another drag.
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The open use of hash in Parvati Valley is a major draw for travelers. I suspect there are more ashtrays than permanent residents in the village of Katagla.
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“When did you first start smoking up?” I asked.
“In school… when I was in the twelfth standard. The first time I didn’t feel anything. So I tried a few more times, and I began to feel the difference. When I got to college, I met a lot of people who smoked.”
“Did you smoke a lot then?”
“I would smoke four to five joints a day. Before getting into the college bus, after getting out…”
“Why do you smoke?”
“Stress relief. Whatever work I do, it helps me find the simplest way to do it. I concentrate better. Once I had two exams on the same day. I smoked up the previous night and studied for four hours straight. Cleared both exams. If I’m high and studying, I’m distracted when I’m on the first page. But if I get past that, I’m set.”
“But let’s say you weren’t able to smoke pot before your exam… what happens then?”
“Then it just takes me the normal amount of time to study. If I have to study, I have to study. But if there’s pot, it’s simpler.”
“Have you tried other drugs?”
“Yes, but I don’t do hard drugs. If I try once, and I see somebody else doing it, I’ll want to do it again. Look at cocaine – it’s ruined so many people.”
“How so?”
“With cocaine, you feel like the king of the world… but only for twenty minutes. When the feeling disappears, you crave it again. It’s also a costly habit, unlike pot. With heroin, you feel an immense rush in the first ten minutes. The next ten minutes, everything is slow. And this keeps alternating. It’s a downer – even if you’re a little depressed, heroin can drop you to its depths.”
“Have you ever had a bad trip?”
“No.”
“Really? You’ve never had a trip where you thought to yourself I-wish-I-hadn’t-done-this?”
“Well, once when I had two dozen shrooms by myself. Nobody should disturb you when you’re tripping. I was the only one high in my group that day. And everyone was like: how do you feel? I was not able to answer because I couldn’t concentrate. If you’re the only one tripping, you feel uncomfortable. All I could think of was: when will this end?”
“How long did it last?”
“Four hours.”
“And you couldn’t sleep it off?”
“No, you can’t sleep on shrooms. You can never sleep on it. You’ll be thinking about something, you won’t be able to process it, and you’ll get stuck on it.”
“So if you’re stuck, you’re stuck.”
“Yes.”
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People in Parvati Valley (Part 8 of 23)
In the Valley of Parvati....
In Hindu mythology, Parvati is Shakti, the wife of Shiva and the gentle aspect of Mahadevi, the Great Goddess.
Shakti from Sanskrit 'shak' - "to be able," meaning sacred force or empowerment, is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the entire universe in Hinduism. Shakti is the concept, or personification, of divine feminine creative power, sometimes referred to as 'The Great Divine Mother' in Hinduism. On the earthly plane, Shakti most actively manifests through female embodiment and creativity/fertility, though it is also present in males in its potential, unmanifest form.
Not only is the Shakti responsible for creation, it is also the agent of all change. Shakti is cosmic existence as well as liberation, its most significant form being the Kundalini Shakti, a mysterious psychospiritual force. Shakti exists in a state of 'svātantrya', dependence on no-one, being interdependent with the entire universe.
Parvati is considered as complete incarnation of 'Adi Parashakti', with all other goddesses being her incarnations or manifestations.
"Parvata" is one of the Sanskrit words for "mountain"; "Parvati" translates to "She of the mountains" and refers to Parvati being born the daughter of Himavat, lord of the mountains and the personification of the Himalayas.
...and all this divinity you feel when you enter that valley that is named after her.
Some things in life are belittled for their copiousness, yet cherished for their elusiveness. This ordinary-looking riverbed in a remote corner of Himachal Pradesh, gushing with turquoise-blue cool water gurgling between the striped rocks in a sunny morning was ordinary to me before I was there, physically, to hear, see and feel it.
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