DUDHKUNDA, "THE MILK LAKE"
If you are a travelling lover than you may have heard the name of Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal, the paradise of universe. There are many places which can lure you with its charming natural beauty. Among them today, I am going to let you know about, "DUDHKUNDA" which means the lake of milk. It is called the lake of milk as it seems the water of this like is like milk. It is also the origin of Dudh Koshi, one of the major river of Nepal.
Dudhkunda is situated in the elevation of 4,592 meters high in Solu dudhkunda Municipality of Solukhambu district in province no 1, East Nepal. This lake is hidden between beautiful mountains in the region of Solukhumbu. It is in the lap of mountain Numbur, which is also called " Kave Himal" in local language. This area is really remote and natural. It is a very good place for trekking in depth through nature.
This lake is famous across all Nepal for religious purpose. Hindus believe that it is the home of Lord Siva. Local people celebrate a festival there in special day Janaipurnima, in the month of August. In this festival, local people use to come from different places to worship there as well lots of Shamans also use to come. A religious belief is that, if the shaman worship there in Dudhkunda they can get lots of “magic power”. The shaman use to wear traditional special dresses for these kind of events. They use to play double sided drum and platter as well they communicate with the spirits in shaman’s language. It provides the different view in the tranquil environment. The local also visits there for their prosperous life.
There is a small statue of Lord Buddha so that, this place is very important for Buddhist people also. All people use to walk from the way of the edge of lake and people use to put flowers, money and rice on the lake for complete theirs wishes.
According to the belief of local, the person having their parents alive should not complete the round of lake and who don’t have parent he/she can walk whole round of lake. This is very interesting to be part of there, people use to take water in bottle falling from the rock. Religious belief is that, that water is offering by god.
Even if it is a remote area, it is feasible for trekkers to take part to the event. With a start from Salleri or Phaplu, it will take around 3 days trekking. The way until Taksindu is accessible by Jeep or bike but it is seasonal road, they can use the road in only winter season. This event is unfortunately in rainy season, even if it is not so cold, equipment need to be adapted to rain.
From Taksindu village, the only option for the night is camping. There is no lodge available. By the way, villagers take the opportunity of this event and prepare tents, sell local food and fresh yak milk. When you start to walk from Taksindu to Dudhkunda, you can get beautiful forests, everywhere full fill of green. And if you are hiking to Dudhkunda in spring season, you can see the blooming Rhododendron. Sasarbeni, is the place that lies in the trek between Taksindu to Dudhkunda.
If you make up your mind to visit Dudhkunda, you can take flight from Kathmandu to Phaplu or via road in around 9 hours. You can get good hotels in Phaplu and Salleri, then next day, you can go up to Taksindu on jeep or bike and you can trek 3 days on foot just to hold the picturesque and memory your journey.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😍👌
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