Sitting in the veranda on the first floor, I gazed at the evening sky dotted with seemingly all the stars of the Milky Way. There was a power outage and the darkness that enveloped Sari village, further accentuated the shimmering stars. It was 7.30 pm and the soft whistle of pressure cooker coming from…
Category: Mountains
Tungnath Chandrashila Trek…
The Tungnath – Chandrashila trek is one of the shorter and easier treks in Uttarakhand, India. A very manageable 4 km trek from Chopta takes you to Tungnath, the highest temple in the world dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is located at an altitude of 3680 m with a view of the Nanda Devi, Trishul, Chaukhamba, Kedarnath and other peaks of the Garhwal Himalayas.