Journey to Kugti Village - Gateway to Lahaul Spiti, Bharmour Chamba, Kugti Pass trek to 16600 feets
- 2 years ago
This is the 2nd part of our Bharmour, Chamba Journey and visit to Kugti Village
Watch 1st part here -
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We start at Chaurasi temple and then head to Bharmani Devi temple
Chaurasi Temple is a temple complex consisting of 84 different shrines, located in the center of Bharmour town of Chamba district. It holds immense religious importance because of temples built around 1400 years ago.
The Chaurasi temple was built by Raja Sahil Verman of Bharmour, in honor of the 84 Siddhas or yogis who had come from Kurukshetra and had meditated there, while they were passing Bharmour on their way to Manimahesh Lake. They blessed the King with ten sons and a daughter, Champavati, as he had no heir. It is said that the pilgrimage to Manimahesh Lake is incomplete without paying obeisance in these temples due to the Dharmeshvar Mahadev (Dharamraj) Temple as one of the most revered by Hindus, and bathing in the Bharmani Mata temple pool of Goddess Brahmani, 4 km from Bharmour, Himachal Pradesh.
Kugti Village - Hadsar is a small village in the Chamba Valley of Himachal Pradesh, most famous for being the gateway to the Manimahesh Kailash Yatra, a pilgrimage to a holy lake situated at a whopping 4,080 meters. Right beyond Hadsar, some 13 kilometers away, lies the quaint village of Kugti, the base camp for the lesser explored and extremely difficult trek to Kugti Pass connecting the Chamba and Lahaul districts of Himachal Pradesh. Most people of Kugti belong to the Gaddi community.
Watch 1st part here -
https://dai.ly/x8d5fad
We start at Chaurasi temple and then head to Bharmani Devi temple
Chaurasi Temple is a temple complex consisting of 84 different shrines, located in the center of Bharmour town of Chamba district. It holds immense religious importance because of temples built around 1400 years ago.
The Chaurasi temple was built by Raja Sahil Verman of Bharmour, in honor of the 84 Siddhas or yogis who had come from Kurukshetra and had meditated there, while they were passing Bharmour on their way to Manimahesh Lake. They blessed the King with ten sons and a daughter, Champavati, as he had no heir. It is said that the pilgrimage to Manimahesh Lake is incomplete without paying obeisance in these temples due to the Dharmeshvar Mahadev (Dharamraj) Temple as one of the most revered by Hindus, and bathing in the Bharmani Mata temple pool of Goddess Brahmani, 4 km from Bharmour, Himachal Pradesh.
Kugti Village - Hadsar is a small village in the Chamba Valley of Himachal Pradesh, most famous for being the gateway to the Manimahesh Kailash Yatra, a pilgrimage to a holy lake situated at a whopping 4,080 meters. Right beyond Hadsar, some 13 kilometers away, lies the quaint village of Kugti, the base camp for the lesser explored and extremely difficult trek to Kugti Pass connecting the Chamba and Lahaul districts of Himachal Pradesh. Most people of Kugti belong to the Gaddi community.