The journey to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar is an intensely spiritual and life-changing experience. This year, 530 participants are making the trip to this sacred space. Another 44 will be trekking with Sadhguru through Nepal and Tibet, and visiting many out of the way places of great spiritual significance.
Stay tuned on this page and follow in participants’ footsteps, as they travel through the unique Tibetan terrain to the abode of Shiva. Follow #KailashWithSadhguru on Twitter and Facebook to get live updates and glimpses of this beautiful experience.
Day 1 | Sadhguru Group
Kathmandu to Humde: The day started on a promising note as participants travelled from Kathmandu and took a short flight to Pokhara. But after a few of the participants flew to Humde in a helicopter, the rest were informed that the pilot would be unable to make any more flights that day due to the weather conditions. This however, hardly dampened their spirits. They played games, sang songs and danced so joyfully that no onlooker could have guessed that a flight had been cancelled!
The group visited Devi’s Falls also known as the Patale Chhango, on the course of the Seti river. The falls are also known as Devin, David and a host of other names, thanks to a legend about a trekker (the namesake Devin, David, etc.) who was washed away and mysteriously disappeared into an underground passage beneath the falls.
At the end of the day, the group checked into a hotel and slept in anticipation of the next day’s journey where they would reunite with therest of the group and Sadhguru. Meanwhile, the 10+ participants who made it to Humde on the first chopper ride, enjoyed camping with Sadhguru and an up-close view of the Annapurna Mountain range that would be the constant backdrop of their journey for the next six days.
Day 2 | Sadhguru Group
Humde to Manang: A morning drizzle delayed the flight to Humde, leaving everyone worried that they would miss out on their flight again. An hour later however, the incredible journey through the mountains began.
The landing at Humde was followed by the group’s first trek of the journey, from Humde towards Manang. The three-hour walk wasn’t too steep, and the journey ended at a campsite pitched on a local school’s grounds. After lunch and a game of frisbee with Sadhguru, the now united group participated in the first sathsang later that night, in the school’s “English Room”.
Day 3 | Sadhguru Group
Manang: Taking the doctors’ notes and his own assessments into consideration, Sadhguru decided it would be best for everyone to stay in Manang for a day to acclimatize. The day started early with guru pooja and a sathsang, where the group recieved a Shiva mantra from Sadhguru. Participants’ kept up the chant within themselves throughout a silent breakfast and time spent by the river. One of the participant’s relates, “The effect of this act was profound, as Sadhguru wished us to simply realise that Shiva is everything.” Later, the group made a short acclimatization trek to a nearby lake, leaving everyone in good spirits.
