Kailash Mansarovar Yatra

Ka tīmata tō haerenga mā te taenga atu ki te Taunga Rererangi o Tribhuvan i Kathmandu, te tāone nui o Nepal, kei te teitei o te 1,400 mita (4,593 putu). I muri i te otinga o ngā whakaritenga manene me ngā whakaritenga tikanga, ka manaakihia koe e tō māngai haere, ā, ka haria koe ki tō hōtēra.

He tīmatanga tino pai a Kathmandu, e mōhiotia ana mō ōna taonga tuku iho ahurea me ōna tiriti oraora, mō tēnei haerenga wairua. Kia tau tō noho, ka whai wā koe ki te whakangā me te whakaora i ō haerenga. I te ahiahi, ka tū he whakamārama taipitopito mō te Kailash Mansarovar Yatra hei whakarite i a koe mō te haerenga e haere ake nei.

Ki te taea e te kaha, tūhuratia ngā tiriti ora o Thamel, he pokapū mō ngā kaihīkoi me ngā manene. Whakamutua te rā me te tina reka tuku iho a Nepali me ngā whakaaturanga kanikani ahurea, me te rumaki i a koe ki te āhuarangi o te rohe.

Ka tīmata te rā mā te tuku i tō uruwhenua mō te tukatuka visa, kia taea ai e koe te arotahi ki te tūhura i te Awaawa o Kathmandu. Ka hipokina e tō haerenga tirotiro ētahi o ngā Pae Tuku Iho o te Ao rongonui a UNESCO.

Tuatahi, toro atu Temepatinath temepara, he waahi tapu a Hindu i te taha o te awa o Bagmati, i whakanuia mo tona hiranga wairua. I muri mai, haere ki Boudhanath stupa, tetahi o nga stupa nui rawa atu i te ao, kei reira nga waiata marie a nga mokete Buddhist e hanga ana i te taiao ata noho. Ka haere tonu te haerenga Swayambhunath Stupa, e mōhiotia ana ko te Temepara o te Makawe, e tuku ana i ngā tirohanga whānui o te Awaawa o Kathmandu.

Ka mutu, toro Te temepara o Budhanilkantha, te kainga o te whakapakoko Vishnu e tapapa ana e kukume ana i nga Hindou me nga ratere hihiko. He 20 kiromita te tawhiti o te taraiwa (12.4 maero), ko tenei ra whakarangatira o te torotoro e whakaatu ana i te whakakotahitanga o te wairua me nga taonga tuku iho a Kathmandu.

Tīmatahia tō haerenga ki roto i ngā toi tawhito me ngā hoahoanga o Nepal mā te tūhura i te Patan Durbar Square, kei te 1,350 mita (4,429 putu) te teitei. E mōhiotia ana a Patan mō ōna temepara me ōna whare rangatira ataahua, ā, he taonga tuku iho a Patan mō ngā mahi toi a ngā Newari.

Kia mātakitaki ki ngā whakairo uaua o Krishna Mandir, kia tūhuratia hoki te Temepara Koura, e kōrero ana i ngā kōrero mō te hītori ahurea whai rawa o Nepal. Mai i konei, haere tonu ki Bhaktapur Durbar Square, he tāone o ngā tau waenga e mōhiotia ana mō tōna ataahua tawhito me tōna momo noho tuku iho. Kei te teitei o te 1,400 mita (4,593 putu), kei Bhaktapur ngā mea whakamiharo o te hoahoanga pērā i te Temepara Nyatapola me te Whare Ariki 55-Matapihi.

Kia reka ki ngā kai reka o te rohe o Newari pērā i a “Juju Dhau,” te Kīngi rongonui o ngā Miraka Waikawa, me te mātaki i ngā tohunga toi e whakaatu ana i te mahi hanga uku me te whakairo rakau. Ko ngā wheako o tēnei rā, e 35 kiromita te tawhiti taraiwa (22 maero), he ruku hohonu ki roto i te hītori me te ahurea whakahīhī o Nepal.

He rā hou tēnei e toro atu ai koe ki ngā Puke o Chandragiri, kei te 2,551 mita (8,370 putu) te teitei. Mā te taraiwa poto o te 12 kiromita (7.5 maero) ka tae atu koe ki te teihana waka taura. He tirohanga whakamiharo o te awaawa o Kathmandu te haerenga, me te tirohanga ki ngā tihi whakamiharo o ngā maunga Himalayan i tawhiti.

Kia tae atu ki te tihi o te puke, ka taea e koe te toro atu ki te Temepara o Bhaleshwor Mahadev, he wāhi wairua nui mō ngā manene Hindu. Nā te marino o te taiao, me ngā tirohanga ataahua, he wāhi pai mō te tango whakaahua me te whakaaroaro.

Whakapaua te rā ki te rumakina ki te ataahua o te taiao, ki te pārekareka ki te hau maunga hou, me te kai pea i ngā kai o te rohe i te wharekai i runga i te puke. He rā tino pai tēnei mō te whakaora me te whakarite mō ngā wāhanga uaua o te haerenga kei mua.

He rā tēnei hei whakarite whakamutunga mō te Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. Whakapaua te wā ki te arotake i ō taputapu hikoi me te whakarite kei a koe ngā mea katoa e tika ana mō te haerenga ki ngā maunga teitei. Ko te rohe o Thamel o Kathmandu, me ōna toa hikoi maha, te wāhi tino pai hei hoko i ngā taonga e ngaro ana.

Whakamahia tēnei rā wātea hei whakamātau me te tūhura i te ahurea o te rohe i tō ake tere. Ka taea e koe te toro atu ki ngā temepara tata, te whakamātau i ngā kai Nepali pono, te okioki noa rānei hei penapena pūngao. Mā tēnei rā ka whakarite kia rite tō tinana me tō hinengaro mō te haerenga kei mua.

Haere wawe i te ata mō te haerenga ataahua ki Rasuwagadhi, te rohe o Nepōra-Haina, kei te teitei o te 1,450 mita (4,757 putu). E 122 kiromita (76 maero) te tawhiti, ā, e 6–7 hāora te roa o te haerenga mā roto i ngā rori maunga piko.

Kī tonu te haerenga i ngā tirohanga ataahua o ngā mara whenua, ngā awaawa momona, me ngā awa e rere ana. I ētahi wā ka whakapaipaihia te pae maunga o Langtang ki te rangi, e whakaatu ana i te ataahua o te Himalayas. Kia tae atu, takiuru ki tō whare tira ka okioki, me te whakarite mō te whiti rohe ki Tibet i te rā e whai ake nei.

Tīmatahia te rā me ngā whakaritenga manene ki Rasuwagadhi i mua i te whiti ki Tibet. Kia tae ki te rohe o Haina, haere tonu ki te tāone o Kerung, kei te teitei o te 2,800 mita (9,186 putu). Ko te haerenga, he tawhiti poto o te 30 kiromita (19 maero), e 1–2 hāora te roa.

I a koe e piki ana, ka huri te whenua hei papa whenua whānui o Tibet me ngā tirohanga whakamiharo o ngā tihi kua taupokina e te hukarere. Whakapaua te toenga o te rā ki te taunga ki te teitei, te tūhura i te taiao marino o Kerung, me te whakarite mō te haerenga hohonu atu ki Tibet.

Ka haere tonu tō haerenga me te taraiwa roa mai i Kerung ki Saga, e 240 kiromita (149 maero) te tawhiti mō te 5–6 hāora. Kei te teitei o te 4,640 mita (15,223 putu) a Saga, he tohu tēnei i te pikinga nui o te teitei. Ka haria koe e te ara mā te papa whenua whakamiharo o Tibet, e tohuhia ana e ngā awaawa whānui, ngā tihi teitei, me ngā awa ma.

Ka whiti koe i ētahi kāinga iti o Tibet, ka kitea te āhua o te noho o te rohe. I a koe e haere ana, ka whiti koe i te ara piki o Lalung La, e whakaatu ana i ngā tirohanga whakamiharo o ngā Himalayas, tae atu ki ngā tihi pērā i a Shishapangma.

Kia tae atu ki Saga, noho ki tō wāhi noho, ā, me whai wā ki te whakahāngai i a koe anō, nā te mea me whai wā anō pea koe ki te whakahāngai i te teitei o te whenua. Ko te ataahua marino o Saga, e karapotia ana e ngā pukepuke pakoko me ngā mania whānui, e whakatakoto ana i te tūāpapa mō ngā mea whakamiharo o te ao wairua me te ao ataahua e haere ake nei.

I tēnei rā, ka tīmata koe i tētahi haerenga whakamīharo ki te roto tapu o Mansarovar, e 370 kiromita (230 maero) te roa mō ngā hāora 7–8. Kei te teitei o te 4,590 mita (15,059 putu) te roto o Mansarovar, ā, ko tētahi o ngā roto tino tapu i roto i te whakapono Buddhist me te whakapono Hindu o Tibet.

He tino ataahua ngā tirohanga o te pae maunga o Gurla Mandhata i te haerenga, me ōna tihi kua taupokina ki te hukarere e whakaata ana i roto i ngā wai kikorangi mārama o te roto. E whakapono ana ngā kaihaerere he mea horoi hara, he mea whakaora hoki te kaukau ki te roto. Kia tae atu, haereere i te taha o te roto, whakaaroaro, pārekareka noa rānei ki te āhuarangi marino.

He mea whakamiharo te ataahua taketake me te kaha wairua o Mansarovar, he wheako tino pārekareka tēnei mō ngā manuhiri katoa.

He poto noa te haerenga mai i te roto o Mansarovar ki Darchen, te puni turanga mō te huritau i Maunga Kailash (Kora), e 40 kiromita (25 maero) te roa i roto i te kotahi hāora. Ko Darchen, kei te teitei o te 4,575 mita (15,010 putu), te tīmatanga mō ngā Kora.

Whai muri i te parakuihi i te taha o te roto, ka haere koe i roto i te whenua paripari o Tibet kia tae atu ki tēnei tāone iti kei te pūtake o Maunga Kailash. Kia tae atu koe, ka taea e koe te tūhura i a Darchen, te hoko i ngā taputapu whakamutunga, me te whakarite mō te haerenga kei mua. Ko te toenga o te rā he wātea mō te okiokinga me te whakamātau i te taiao, kia rite ai koe mō te Kora e uaua ana ki te tinana.

Ko te tīmatanga tēnei o te Kora i tēnei rā, he haerenga tapu huri noa i Maunga Kailash. Mai i Darchen, ka hikoi koe i te 18 kiromita (11 maero) ki Derapuk i te teitei o te 4,900 mita (16,076 putu). E 6–7 hāora te roa o te hikoi, e whai ana i tētahi ara kua tautuhia pai e piko ana i roto i te whenua ataahua o Tibet.

I a koe e haere ana, ka haere koe i roto i ngā mania matomato, i ngā awaawa e rere ana, me ngā haki karakia tawhito e rere ana i te hau. I a koe e whakatata atu ana ki Derapuk, ka puta te mata raki whakamiharo o Maunga Kailash, ka miharo koe ki tōna ataahua whakahīhī. E whakaaro ana ngā kaihaerere he wāhi tapu tēnei mō te inoi me te whakaaroaro. Noho i te pō i tētahi whare tira taketake, me te whakaaroaro ki te hiranga wairua o tēnei haerenga.

Ko te haerenga mai i Derapuk ki Zutulpuk te rā tino uaua o te Kora, e 22 kiromita (13.7 maero) te roa i roto i ngā hāora 9–10. Ka whiti koe i te Droma La Pass i te 5,630 mita (18,471 putu), te tihi teitei rawa atu o te haerenga tapu. He pari te pikinga, ā, me manawanui te tinana, engari nā ngā tirohanga whānui me te hiranga wairua ka whai hua. Ka waiho e ngā kaihaerere ngā whakahere me ngā inoi ki te ara tapu, ka hanga he wheako tino whakakorikori.

Ka heke iho ki Zutulpuk i te teitei o te 4,835 mita (15,862 putu), te kāinga o te Whare Karakia rongonui o Zutulpuk. Ka mutu te haerenga o te rā me te wairua o te whakatutukitanga me te makona wairua.

Ko te wāhanga whakamutunga o te awa o Kora ka haria koe i tētahi hikoi 14-kiromita (8.7-maero) hoki ki Darchen, e 4-5 hāora te roa. He papatahi, he ngāwari hoki te ara ki te whakataurite ki ngā rā o mua, he wā tēnei mō te whakaaroaro me te whakawhetai.

Kia tae atu koe ki Darchen, ka taraiwa koe i te 370 kiromita (230 maero) hoki ki Saga, he haerenga e 7–8 hāora te roa. Ka hoki anō te taraiwa i te ara mā roto i te papa whenua ataahua o Tibet, ka hoatu he whai wāhitanga whakamutunga ki te mātakitaki i tōna ataahua. Mō te pō i Saga, hei whakanui i te otinga o te Kora.

Ko te taraiwa mai i Saga ki Kerung e 240 kiromita (149 maero) i roto i te 5–6 haora. I a koe e heke ana i runga i te teitei, ko nga ahuatanga rereke o te whenua—mai i te mania o Tibet ki nga awaawa matomato puhoi—ka hanga he rerekee. Ko Kerung, e 2,800 mita te teitei (9,186 putu), he pai te tu i mua i te whakawhiti i te rohe. Whakamahia te ahiahi ki te whakaaro mo te haerenga me te whakarite mo te whakauru ano ki Nepal.

I muri i te whakaotinga o nga tikanga o te rohe ki Kerung, ka peia koe 140 kiromita (87 maero) ki Kathmandu, he haerenga 7–8 haora. Ko te huarahi e whai ana i nga rori maunga awhiowhio me nga tirohanga whakamiharo ki nga Himalayas me nga ngahere ngahere. Ka tae ki Kathmandu, tirohia to hotera me te okioki. Ko te ahiahi he kore utu ki te torotoro i te taone nui, ki te hoko taonga mahara, ki te pai ranei ki te kai poroporoaki i tetahi wharekai Nepali.