Overview
About Dolpa Rara Humla Area: Yartsa Gumpa Documentary Making trip in Summer Season in Nepal. Place o Dzong-la Masthal Lekh Patan Tali Only the Summer Season Separate Royalty for Legion Officer Vedio Graphy Camera Drown Camera. Documentary Photography Separate Royalty
Trip Highlight:
Ba-Yul, the hidden land of Dolpa, was first settled by Rokpa farmers and Rokpa nomads from Tibet in the 10th century. It is one of the highest inhabited places on earth, with scattered fortress-like villages and monasteries nestling amongst mountains of stark, ascetic beauty. Though part of Nepal today, Dolpa remains culturally and economically firmly tied to Tibet, the people of this desolate area are cut off from their southern neighbors by snow-covered passes for much of the year. This is fascinating and adventurous country to travel in.
Most of Dolpa is protected by Shey Phoksumdo National Park. It is bounded in the east and south by Dhaulagiri and Churen Himal ranges and in the west by Jumla district. Dolpa has been bypassed by development and until recently by tourism. Although a few Anthropologists and geographers had explored the region, the entire district was closed to foreigners until 1989, when southern parts of Dolpa was opened to organized trekking groups.
Peter Matthiessen’s Snow Leopard and David Snellgrove’s Himalayan Pilgrimage have contributed to the mystique and attraction of Dolpa. Both writers visited Shey Gompa, to the north of Phoksumdo Lake, in inner Dolpa. This is the goal of most trekkers, but Upper Dolpa trekking will take you even further into this mysterious land.
Dolpa is Bon-po country, where people practice shamanistic religion predating Tibetan Buddhism. Much of Bon-po symbolism is the opposite of Buddhist practice. You should walk to the right of ancient mud chortens, which are inscribed with swastikas with their arms pointing in the opposite direction to the Buddhist chant of “ommanipadme hum”, the Bon-pos chant ‘om ma tri mu ye sa le du”, in Tibetan means “in clarity unite’.
Phoksundo Lake
The lake is spectacular, it is 4.8km long, 1.8km wide and said to be 650m deep. It is known for its aquamarine color, a greenish blue similar to a special Tibetan turquoise. There is no aquatic life in the lake, which helps to make the waters brilliantly clear. If you toss a rock in, you can watch it for a long time as it sinks to the bottom. According to legend, Phoksundo Lake was formed by a spiteful female demon.
In Buddhist Himalaya, David Snellgrove recounts how the demon was fleeing from the saint Aatma Aatma-Sambhave and gave the village people a turquoise after they promised not to tell that she had passed by. Aatma-Sambhav turned the turquoise into a lump of dung, which upset the local people so much they revealed the demon’s whereabouts. She, in return caused a flood. It is said you can see the remains of a village below the lake’s surface.
Overview:
About Mountain Mukut, 6087m Karnali Province Mid-Western Nepal Rara national Park Say Phoksundo national was Established in the year 1984 to preserve the Park, Karnali Known by Karnali River Another known as largest Rara lake in Mugu District Nepal and Dipesh Lake Say Phoksundo Lake in Dolpa DistrictFar western Mahakali Nepal Culturally Belongs Khas aran typical culture and Khas Language Develop to growth from Mid-western Karnali Far western Mahakali Nepal. The Largest Rara lake Nick name is Mahendra Tal (lake) the king of Mahedra first Visited Remote District of Mugu Around Rara lake site Mid-Western Nepal.
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