On the last post, we got a lot of love from the hive family, on this difficult trip which took us to 4250 meters by walking through the tree line where we visited the holy lake and took blessings by performing Puja. Till now, all three of us enjoyed the journey a lot and bowed down in front of the holy mountains and took darshan of all. In today's journey, we will go to the Bugyal situated below Bhrigu Lake which is known as Pandu Ropa.
Yesterday when we reached Bhrigu Lake, all the tiredness went away in seconds, the weather here was very good and without wasting any time we took off our shoes away from the lake and took darshan of the lake, worshipped in the roofless temple located nearby and considered ourselves void by bowing in front of nature and after taking blessings, we started descending. Today we started descending towards Pandu Ropa campsite.
The height of Pandu Ropa is 3527 meters, it is a large grassland. I don't know what is the literal meaning of the name of this place. Pandu Ropa is located 4 km below Bhrigu Lake, this ridge of Bhrigu Lake is also known as Rahani Ridge. A stream of water flows below Bhrigu Lake which flows from Bali Dug Thach, this stream is called Chhor Nala. If we follow this Nala, it meets Jogini waterfall falling from a height of 120 feet.
So far we have walked 15 km and the three of us are doing our work with full dedication, till Bhrigu Lake we had to check the route to see if we need to hedge the trail due to any landslide but the path till Bhrigu Lake is absolutely fine so now we will walk from Bhrigu Lake to Pandu Ropa by marking the route. We are going to do this because one of our companions had already done the recce of this route from Mori Dug to Pandu Ropa.
Coming down is much easier than climbing up, now we just have to get down. Pandu Ropa is still above the tree line so this route is not that easy. 
About 20 summits are visible from Pandu Ropa, Mukkar was the highest peak visible whose height is 6069 meters. I thought that if the weather was a little clear then Dev Tibba and Inder Fort would also be visible. By the way, I have no idea whether Inder kila is visible from Pandu Ropa or not,
Looking down, we saw Anjani Mahadev, the road from Manali to Leh and Solang Valley. It was very beautiful to see Manali Town amidst the deodars. Barua Village, Palchan and Kothi Village looked very small from above. Looking down, we felt that we should reach down safely before it gets dark because it gets dark early here due to winter and we do not want to get stuck in the jungle in the dark.
Talking the trail, we reached Pandu Ropa in the evening, the identity of which is the iconic lonely tree present here which is visible from far away. I tell everyone that if there is a white out, then look for the lonely tree of Pandu Ropa. This tree is a milestone for those who lose their way. So friends, this is all for today. Let's meet in the next post where I will write about the journey to Mori Dug which will be a part of this series.
Disclaimer: This post is originally written in Hindi and I have used Google Translator to translate the Hindi text in English. All the photos have been clicked by me from POCO F1 android smartphone and edited in deskstop software adobe lightroom. Thumbnail created in dekstop adobe photoshop.
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