Gangarang:
'Gangarang' is small stream that flows not a kilometer far from the center of Sangla. This is so spiritual for the villagers, it's assumed to have medicinal properties. Early morning you would find villagers hoping to stream side for drinking and refreshing themselves. Every stream of Sangla as I've seen is little sandy in colour. But this is as pure as any transparent object I've come across. I've heard from people that this stream never freezes even though rest of the streams freezes during winter and villagers use this stream for drinking water during winter.
Every moment spent in the place is a moment of peacefulness. The trek upwards along the stream is as tiring as its peaceful. The trek was without a breakfast and all that gave me energy was Ganagarang water. The trek is steep and need to carve out our own path to the peak, if you ever reach the peak.
The calmness, the serenity and the beautiful landscape views is what keeps calling me each day to Gangarang. A Holy place in its own way.
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| Gangarang |
'Gangarang' is small stream that flows not a kilometer far from the center of Sangla. This is so spiritual for the villagers, it's assumed to have medicinal properties. Early morning you would find villagers hoping to stream side for drinking and refreshing themselves. Every stream of Sangla as I've seen is little sandy in colour. But this is as pure as any transparent object I've come across. I've heard from people that this stream never freezes even though rest of the streams freezes during winter and villagers use this stream for drinking water during winter.
I heard the water is medicine for asthama Patients and many more ailments. And, have heard stories of recovery from Asthama. Its forbidden to take bath or wash car or anything here as per villagers.
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| The Shiva Temple |
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| The Shiva Linga |
One story of the Gangarang goes this way. A sadhu meditating near the Arabian Sea saw a thin milky white stream extending from the sea towards the Himalayas. He held on to it and traversed towards Himalaya. He came to this place and reached at the birth of this stream and saw from a tree's root, this small stream emerging.
There's a belief that this stream is emerging from head of Shiva. That's where the name is derived from. There is a small temple of Shiva and a Shivlinga at corner of road. Due to landsliding, the temple is severely damaged, its under renovation.
Every moment spent in the place is a moment of peacefulness. The trek upwards along the stream is as tiring as its peaceful. The trek was without a breakfast and all that gave me energy was Ganagarang water. The trek is steep and need to carve out our own path to the peak, if you ever reach the peak.
The calmness, the serenity and the beautiful landscape views is what keeps calling me each day to Gangarang. A Holy place in its own way.
