Guest guest Posted February 8, 2001 Report Share Posted February 8, 2001 Dear all, Adiyen is a new member of this group. My name's Srihari Raghavan and I am a graduate student at Virginia Tech. Namaskarams to all. God willing, I am planning take my parents to Muktinath this summer, when I go to India. As my parents are somewhat old (56 - 60 yrs), I would like to make it a comfortable trip for them. I would like some details regarding the same. If anybody has gone to Muktinath, can you please guide me regarding this? 1. Is Muktinath, the place identified as Sri Salagrama in Nalayira Divya prabandam? 2. I am planning the trip during Jun-Jul. Is the shrine open at this time? 3. I heard that there are helicopter services available. Can you pl. give me some more details? 4. I am planning to visit only Muktinath this time (due to time constraints and due to my parents age), so is there any tour operators offering only Muktinath trip? 5. Trekking is almost impossible for my parents, but for a few days it might be alright. If anyone can suggest some tour operators or experiences, it would be a great help for me. Adiyen Srihari Raghavan Get personalized email addresses from Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2001 Report Share Posted February 9, 2001 Dear Shri Srihari Raghavan, Nice to see your message and your plan to visit Muktinath with your parents. I have been to Muktinath once in May 1995 with my wife and the journey was very comfortable without any problem. My parents who are old (father - 75 and mother - 68) had been to Muktinath thrice. One has to travel in Nepal from Kathmandu to Pokra and then to Jomsom by regular air service. The travel from Pokra to Jomsom is a difficult one as it lasts only 20 to 25 minutes, but the small aircraft can be operated only in the morning between 6.30 to 7.30 a.m. and no other time of the day or night in view of very heavy wind factor due to the mountain peak. There are no roads at Jomsom and as such, you can only walk or go by pony. Good lodges/food is available at Jomsom. From Jomsom to reach Muktinath, you have to go hiking/trucking on the mountainous route and it takes about 8-9 hours, but the pathway is excellent and scenic. Lot of international tourists hike on this route and they also tent/stay not far from the Muktinath temple which is around 13,000 ft. above see level. You do not need to carry any foodstuff while trucking as a lot of small restaurants are there on the route for the purpose of foreign tourists and you also get vegetarian food. Water enroute is good and drinkable. You have to stay one night in Muktinath near the temple where lodges are available at reasonable price. You also have to take bath at 108 fountain heads located inside the temple where cold Kantaki river water flows. The priest in the temple on request allows you to do the aradhana of the many, very old shaligrama vigrahams. You are really blessed and feel very happy on reaching the temple, take cold bath and do the aradhana at that level of over 12,000 ft high. You really feel the God. There is a helicopter service available from Pokra, they need minimum of 13 to 15 passengers joined together to go economically, otherwise to hire an independent helicopter is very expensive. If the weather permits, the helicopter takes 30 minutes journey in the morning and allows the pilgrims to do puja for about 2/3 hours and return on the same day to Pokra. Since my parents have travelled without much problem thrice by pony/walk from Jomsom, you can take your parents as the pathway is excellent on the mountainous route. Napali Tourist Office will give you many inf. If you are in India Nepal tourism Travel Agency will also make all the arrangements Hope this clarifies and if you need any further information, please do not hesitate to write to me. With love, Ranganatha Dasan >Srihari Raghavan <sriharirag >bhakti-list >Regarding Muktinath Tour >Thu, 8 Feb 2001 06:45:51 -0800 (PST) > >Dear all, > Adiyen is a new member of this group. My name's >Srihari Raghavan and I am a graduate student at >Virginia Tech. Namaskarams to all. > God willing, I am planning take my parents to >Muktinath this summer, when I go to India. As my >parents are somewhat old (56 - 60 yrs), I would like >to make it a comfortable trip for them. I would like >some details regarding the same. If anybody has gone >to Muktinath, can you please guide me regarding this? > > 1. Is Muktinath, the place identified as Sri >Salagrama in Nalayira Divya prabandam? > 2. I am planning the trip during Jun-Jul. Is the >shrine open at this time? > 3. I heard that there are helicopter services >available. Can you pl. give me some more details? > 4. I am planning to visit only Muktinath this time >(due to time constraints and due to my parents age), >so is there any tour operators offering only Muktinath >trip? > 5. Trekking is almost impossible for my parents, but >for a few days it might be alright. > >If anyone can suggest some tour operators or >experiences, it would be a great help for me. > >Adiyen >Srihari Raghavan > > > > > > > >Get personalized email addresses from Mail - only $35 >a year! http://personal.mail./ > >----------------------------- > - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - >To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list > > _______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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