VISITING THE LAST INDIAN VILLAGE WOULD SURELY BE ONE OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS TO SHOW. REACHING A HEIGHT OF 3219 M AFTER TRAVELLING SO LONG WOULD SURELY BE ONE OF THOSE STORIES WHICH YOU WANT TO TELL PEOPLE. MANA IN CHAMOLI, UTTARAKHAND IS YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE VILLAGE MANA IS ACCLAIMED WITH A TITLE OF THE LAST INDIAN VILLAGE. AFTER WHICH YOU WOULD SEE THE TIBETAN HIMALAYAS.

MANA IS NOT FAR AWAY FOM HOLY TEMPLE BADRINATH. IT IS JUST 4 KM AWAY FROM BADRINATH TWON. THE VILLAGE MAAN IS SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF RIVER SARASWATI.
THIS PLACE IS NOT A SIMPLE TITLE HOLDER. MANA OFFERS YOU SOME SURREAL VIEWS AND SOME OF THE BEST PLACES YOU COULD VISIT.

FACTS ABOUT HARSIL VALLEY

PLACE:- CHAMOLI
REGION:- UTTARAKHAND
NEAREST RAILWAY:-HARIDWAR
NEAREST AIRPORT:- JOLLY GRANT, DDUN
BEST TIME:- ALL YEAR AROUND

THINGS TO DO IN MANA VILLAGE

TREKKING

SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS TREKKING ROUTES IN UTTARAKHAND STARTS FROM MANA ONLY. THIS PLACE HAS 2 MAIN TREK ROUTES WHICH IS FAMOUS AMONG BACKPACKERS.

MANA TO MANA PASS:- THE MOUNTAIN PASS BETWEEN THE BORDERS OF INDIA AND TIBET IS MANA PASS. DEOTAL LAKE WHICH THE ORIGINATION OF SARASWATI RIVER IS HERE IN MANA PASS ONLY. MANA PASS IS NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR COMMON CIVIVLLIANS. IF YOU WANT TO GO TO MANA PASS ONE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM ADMINISTRATION. MANA PASS IS ACCESSIBLE ONLY FOR ARMY. THIS PASS HAS SOME OF THE GREAT VIEWS OF HIMALAYAN RANGES. THIS PASS HAS ALSO FEATURED IN OUR LIST OF TOP 10 HIGHEST MOTARABLE ROAD OR PASS.

MANA TO VASUDHARA:- THIS TREK TAKES YOU TO THE SCENIC VIEWS OF VASUDHARA RIVER. THE TREK IS RELATIVELY SHORT AND EASY THOUGH BEING A LITTLE INCLINED TREK. VASUDHARA IS A SCENIC WATERFALL WHICH IS 9 KM FROM BADRINATH TEMPLE.

VILLAGE TOURISM:– MANA HAS BEEN DESIGNATED ‘TOURISM VILLAGE’ BY STATE GOVERNMENT OF UTTARAKHAND. THIS PLACE IS GOOD FOR PEOPLE WHO WANTS TO EXPLORE THE LOCAL CULTURE AND WANT TO FEEL HOW DAYS PAST IN A VILLAGE.

PLACES TO VISIT IN MANA

VASUDHARA:- THE WATERFALL IS 9KM AWAY FROM BADRINATH AND IS PRETTY SCENIC TO LOOK. A SHORT TREK OF JUST 2 HOURS WOULD LEAD YOU TOWARDS VASUDHARA.

TAPT KUND:- IT IS NATURAL WATER SPRING AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE MEDICINAL VALUES. TAPT KUND IS FAIRLY FAMOUS AMONG VISITORS,

NEELKANTH:- THE QUEEN OF GARHWAL NEELKANTH PEAK IS AT AN ALTITUDE OF 6,597 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL. FROM HERE YOU CAN SEE THE HOLY TEMPLE BADRINATH. THIS PLACE IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR VERY RARE BRAHMAKAMAL FLOWER.

MATA MURTI MANDIR:- THIS TEMPLE IS DEVOTED TO LORD NARAYAN. THE TEMPLE HOLDS AN ANNUAL FAIR IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

HOW TO REACH MANA VILLAGE

BY ROAD

MANA VILLAGE IS CONNECTED TO HARIDWAR VIA NH-58 HIGHWAY. THE NH 58 HIGHWAY WILL LEAD YOU TOWARDS BADRINATH. FROM DELHI YOU WILL HAVE TO LEAVE FOR HARIDWAR AND FROM THERE YOU COULD TAKE BUSES FOR JOSHIMATH OR BADRINATH. YOU COULD EASILY FIND UTC(UTTARAKHAND TRANSPORT CORP.) BUSES .

BY TRAIN

HARIDWAR IS THE NEAREST RAILWAY STATION FROM MANA. FROM HARIDWAR TAKE BUS TO JOSHIMATH OR BADRINATH.

BY AIR

JOLLY GRANT AIRPORT IS THE NEAREST AIRPORT FROM MANA, CHAMOLI. FROM DDUN YOU CAN TAKE BUS OR TAXI FOR HARIDWAR AND FROM THERE YOU COULD REACH MANA.

FEW INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MANA

• MANA HAS TRACES IN HINDU EPIC MAHABHARATHA. IT IS SAID THAT PANDAVAS PASSED MANA ON THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN.
• THERE IS FAMOUS BHEEM POOL OR BHEEM STONE BRIDGE WHICH BHEEM MADE. IT WAS MADE SO AS DRAUPADI COULD EASILY PASS RIVER SARSWATI.

LOCAL CULTURE AND CUISINE

PEOPLE ARE MAAN ARE FROM BHOTIA TRIBE OF UTTARAKHAND. PEOPLE ARE SWEET AND VERY WARM HEARTED. THE FOOD HERE IS RICH IN FLAVOUR. YOU COULD EASILY FIND FAST NOODLES AND PARATHA . AUTHENTIC PAHADI FOOD IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT SOME PLACES. PEOPLE LIVE HERE IN SMALL COTTAGES WHICH ARE VERY WELL DECORATED. THE WOOLLEN GARMENTS OF MANA ARE VERY POPULAR WHICH ARE MADE FROM SHEEP’S WOOL.

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