Parashar Lake - Tunga Mata
Description- Another unconventional and unknown trek route from near Pandoh to a lake and temple. The scenery changes drastically with season.
Look out for- Parashar ridge and lake, the circa 15th century pagoda style Parashar temple, view of Beas valley from Tunga Mata.
Start Point – Diyori (N31 40.030 E77 03.609, 871 mts), District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India
End Point – Diyori, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India
Highest Point - Tunga Mata (N31 46.789 E77 08.475, 2995 mts), District Mandi, India
Lowest Point - Diyori, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India
Difficulty Level – Easy
No of days - 3
Sample Itinerary
| Day | Start Point | End Point | Stay Options |
| 1 | Diyori | Parashar | FRH, PWD Rest House, Temple Rooms, Camp Site |
| 2 | Parashar | Tunga Mata | Temple Rooms, Camp Site |
| 3 | Tunga Mata | Diyori | - |
Trek Profile
Attached aside is an elevation profile of this trek. The X Axis of the graph shows the horizontal distance while the Y Axis shows the elevation. All the major waypoints on the trek have been plotted on this graph along with their elevations. The distance between waypoints along with the approximate 'moving time' between each waypoint has also been provided. This assumes a moderate walking pace with no stops at all.
The graph has been created using the GPX file of the track data for this trek and manually inserting the waypoints at the relevant places. Click on the image beside to get a larger image. To save or print the image, right click-->save as once the large image opens.
To read more about my experience on this trek, click here.
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