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  • Vipassana Blog | Meditation Retreat Course – My 10 days of Experience in Silence

    January 9, 2018

    Four years back when my sister did her 10-day Vipassana course, I looked at her with disdain and thought how could she waste her…

  • Kailash Manasarovar Yatra via Lipulekh Pass (PART 10)

    November 28, 2017

    August 4, 2016 (Day 14) – Rest day at Taklakot

    I woke up early in the morning all weary and tired from loose motions since…

  • Kailash Manasarovar Yatra via Lipulekh Pass (PART 9)

    August 19, 2017

    On Way to Lipulekh Pass

    August 3, 2016 (Day 12) – Navidhang to Taklakot via Lipulekh Pass
    (around 13 kms trek+15 kms by bus)

    I got up at…

  • Kailash Manasarovar Yatra via Lipulekh Pass (PART 8)

    July 11, 2017

    July 31, 2016 (Day 9) – Budhi to Gunji (17-18 kms)
    I  started at 5.30 am from Budhi and reached Chialekh at 8 am after…

  • Kailash Manasarovar Yatra via Lipulekh Pass (PART 7)

    April 30, 2017

    July 30, 2016 (Day 8) – Gala to Budhi (around 20-22 kms)

    I got up in the morning and after having bournvita milk started my…

  • Kailash Manasarovar Yatra via Lipulekh Pass (PART 6) – Tribute to my Father

    April 4, 2017

    This part of my travelogue is about the reason why I undertook this yatra. It is about relationship of a father, the Mountain Goat and…

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YouTube Video UCi0kN-cCc99CeH8muDk5VWA_H4l1ik1aYnE Nandikund lake is high altitude glacial lake at around 4800m
I went last year in August 2025with chatoli and local villagers via Kunjon Maikot in crazy rains.An experience of lifetime through rains mud slush hardships and divine blessings.
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#nandikund #chamoli #garhwal #uttarakhand #madhyamaheshwar #badrinath #kedarnath
Nandikund lake is high altitude glacial lake at around 4800m
I went last year in August 2025with chatoli and local villagers via Kunjon Maikot in crazy rains.An experience of lifetime through rains mud slush hardships and divine blessings.
Don't forget to like comment share and subscribe.

#nandikund #chamoli #garhwal #uttarakhand #madhyamaheshwar #badrinath #kedarnath
Nandikund yatra in rain Kunjon Maikot #chamoli #nandikund #gopeshwar #nandadevi #ghiavinayakpass
my talented soulmate 😍 #blowinginthewind #guitarcover #bobdylan #ladakh #rangdum #guitarist #singer
Windy #drangdrung glacier in #zanskar #ladakh #kargil #shorts #leh #lehladakh #khardungla #kashmir
Harvesting #seabuckthorn Ladakh in #fokar village #leh #kargil #zanskar #nature #shorts #ladakh
phugtal
Will you cross this at Phugtal in Zanskar? #phugtal #zanskar #ladakh #leh #zanskarriver #chadartrek
gonbo rangjom, Zanskar,ladakh, shinkula top,phugtal,buddha
Gonbo Rangjom the sacred mountain of Zanskar #ladakh #shorts #hiking #ladakhtrip #zanskarvalley
chondromalacia patella rehab and getting back to mountaineering 
#chondromalaciapatella #kneerehab #returntosport #osteoarthritis #hiking #kneereplacement #athelete #triathlon
Chondromalacia patella rehab.107 uphill floors with 14 kg rucksack ! #kneerehab #kneepain #shorts
#yullakanda #yullakandatrek #kinnaur #tapri #spiti #janamasthami #krishna #kalpa #nepal
The highest Krishna temple in world is yulla kanda in Himachal #yullakanda #krishna #krishnabhakti
I ran pangong frozen lake half marathon in minus 20 to 25 and at 14500 feet on damn frozen pangong lake in ladakh !
#pangonglake #pangongfrozenmarathon #thelastrun #ladakhmarathon #khardunglachallenge #nepal #ladakhnews
Pangong frozen lake marathon.. ultimate test of endurance at minus 20 to 25 and at 14500 feet 😛
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