That walk takes you trough the jungles of the himalayas, were jaguar, bears and deers still roaming inside. We saw a lot of jungle monkeys on the way and one has to be careful with the grass area, as the leeches are very hungry here. One passes to a ancient village with the name Galeshwara or also called Jadeshwara, where Jada Bharat worshipped the present Linga, after the village got its name from. There is also a Rahu Ghat near by, after the King from the same story. It is here a confluence of three rivers, meeting with the holy Gandaki. Sages like Pulastya and Pulaha had their hermitage inside one famous cave near by.
Next to the Shiva temple is a nice Radha Krishna Temple of the Sri Vaishnava Mutt of Srinivas Muktinarayana Ramanuja Jeeyar. That Temple was built under his direction after a dream ordered by the Lord. Pictures are from inside.
Outside the Shivatemple one finds a big Rudraksha Tree, as Nepal is famous for. These rudrakshas give healthy support and releases one from stress tensions etc.They are worn around the neck by mostly shaivaits as sacred tears of Lord Shiva. These seeds from the tree are coming with different forms, and some are very rare and cost tousands of dollars on the market.
Next to this is a simple dharamsala for pilgrims, and many indian saddhus stay here. It is said in the Galeshwara Mahatmiya that doing all kinds of spiritual activities here gets multiplied and are very efficacious.
We went further for our days goal Tatopani, the hot springs of the Gandaki, another walk of 6 hours.
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