day 6:(part2) Saraswati River ,swargarohan marg, Vyas,ganesh gufah at Mana Village

Maa saraswati river and saraswati temple by side

Saraswati river originates from the mystical town of Mana village, by the Indo - Tibet border. Its rightly called as first Indian village in these parts.

saraswati river originates here and is gushing out of cave

Mana village- Indias first village

swaragarohan yatra path 

It is from these mountains of Nar and Narayan(the maharishis who prayed to lords here) in paavan bhoomi of chaar dhaam and here lies this preponderously breath taking view of Swargarohan yatra of Panch pandavas. It is said that the Panch pandavas after the mahabharat yudham proceeded to the heaven or swarg from this path. 

The story of Dharma raj Yudishtir and a dog(yama dharma raj) alone making it to the swarga while all the other pandavas and Draupadi for their various sins have to shed their human body and life. This view indeed feels like from fantasy if pic could be like this imagine how it would have looked. 

mana village path

getting lost in this view

There is  also a falls called vasundhara falls which is 7km trek and those who reach here early get to trek ,since we reached by 5pm we covered all this in short time before 7 pm and returned to resort in govindghat 1 hr away. We had done more than 20000 steps on this day which walk from ghangharia to govindghat and badri temple and mana village tour.

vasundhara falls-swargarohan marg

bhim pul

shortly after the mythical saraswati river meets the mighty alaknanda river and hence the short lived path. It goes underneath the bhim pul or bridge which was said to be constructed by Bhim for Draupadi to crossover the river saraswati

saraswati meeting alaknanda river

It is here at Mana, maharishi vedavyasa wrote mahabharata,vedas and 18 other puranas in the 5000 yr old cave here called vyas gufah. And there is another cave called ganesh gufah where its believed Ekadanta ganesha wrote mahabarata as scribe for Vyasa.

Veda vyasa statue at Saraswati mandir

vyas gufah

vyas gufah 5333yrs old

4 assisting rishis of Vyasa including Vaishampayana

inside Ganesh gufah

ganesh gufah

lovely patta gobi

swinging by the idyllic village bench

Tagda raho the moto of the military camp on the hills opposite is a striking remark and motto for these warriors risking their lives in these border lines.

military base at Mana village

Dont miss visiting this simple village during your valley of flowers trek and visit to Badrinath.