Travelogue of Uttarakhand, 2nd June 2103



2nd June 2013
We got up at 7am and were ready to go by 8. After calling Mr Manjit Singh, we were on our way to Gangotri. We reached there by noon, and had the entire day for our disposal. On reaching Gangotri, we told  Mr Manjit to leave as we had a contract only till here. I paid him Rs9000 and tipped him Rs 500 for his excellent service. Then we checked into Gangotri Vashnav restaurent and hotel. As we had not got permit at Uttarkashi because we were late, the officials had told us that permit to Gomukh will be available at Gangotri. So after keeping the bags in the room, the first thing that I did was go to the forest office and check for the permit. On reaching there we were told that it will be available after 5pm. So we went back to the room, had our food and relaxed for some time.  Then we went for the darshan of Ganga Mata Temple. Having taken the darshan, we spent some quality times at the banks of flowing Bhagirathi. The water was so cold that our fingers used to get numb in 20 secs once immersed in that water. We roamed around the market, picked up some plastic disposable raincoats as there was some likelihood of rain. Then at 5pm I was at the forest office for the permit. We were asked to fill up a form and attaching our ID proof, we submitted it to the official present. After paying Rs 150 per person we got the permit. While filling up the permit form we had added the name of the porter also. He was our guide cum porter.  With the permit with us, we had our food early and were into the bed.We had called Mr. Sunil Singh, our guide at 5am at the hotel.  As planned we had given ourselves two night for acclimatization, one night at Gangnani and one night at Gangotri and we were ready for the most eagerly awaited trek to Gomukh
Stupendous scenery

Apple orchards

Winding Ganga, or Bhagirathi as it is called here


Apples

Kalp Kedar temple at Dharali. This temple is well below the ground level

A river flowing in from China, as told by the driver

Bhairav mandir

Bhairav Ghati

At Gangotri

History

Ganga Mata Mandir

Surging Bhagirathi

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