Interesting facts about Mount Ararat

Mount Ararat is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano located in the extreme east of Turkey, in the Iğdır and Ağrı provinces. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. 

Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and the Armenian Highland with an elevation of 5,137 m (16,854 ft); 

Little Ararat’s elevation is 3,896 m (12,782 ft). The first recorded efforts to reach Ararat’s summit were made in the Middle Ages, and Friedrich Parrot, Khachatur Abovian, and four others made the first recorded ascent in 1829.

Mount Ararat is known for being a sacred mountain by Armenians and is featured prominently in Armenian literature and art. It is also an icon for Armenian irredentism.

In Europe, the mountain has been called by the name Ararat since the Middle Ages, as it began to be identified with “mountains of Ararat” described in the Bible as the resting place of Noah’s Ark, despite contention that Genesis 8:4 does not refer specifically to a Mount Ararat 

Source from Bing.com, wikipedia

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 India has become the first country to successfully land on Moon’s South Pole!

Historic and a proud Moment to all of us! 

This achievement will helps in scientific exploration and many more🥰 Incredible!

Magic of New Beginnings

                       “No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.” – Buddha

Life is like a wave, go with the flow of life

                           

                                             

Hamta Pass Base camp trek - Chika

Recently, we visited Manali-one of the most beautiful places in the state of Himachal Pradesh, INDIA.

We Stayed in 'Casual Monks Wooden house and Cafe' in Manali which was booked by my friend Anita, and it turned out to be the best stay so far with wonderful views of Pir Panjal range (in the lower Himalayan Region) and great hospitality. One must try hot chocolate here. It was the best.

We went for a one-day trek to Hamta Pass- Chika. 

Hamta Pass is a corridor in the Himalayas, between the Chandra Valley in Lahaul and the Kullu valley of Himachal Pradesh, India. The pass is named after Hamta Village, below Sethan village. 

Lower Himalayan shepherds use the pass in summer for its high-altitude grasslands in the summer, when the desert of Lahaul is barren.

The pass includes vertical rock walls, waterfalls, hanging glaciers, pinewoods, rhododendron forests, open meadows, and small lakes.

 

                                                Akshaj and Mohisha plucking strawberries.

        

                                                

                            We had a wonderful time enjoying and exploring nature.

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.” – Ashley Smith

EVEREST DAY 29.MAY 2023

Mount Everest Day commemorates the remarkable achievement of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and recognises the significance of their expedition in the realms of mountaineering and exploration.

29 May of every year is celebrated as International Everest Day.

My sincere thanks to Mr. Dornath Aryal, Ambassador of Nepal to the Sultanate of Oman for inviting Master Akshaj Udaiwal in the celebration of Everest Day and we parents are glad for being part of this celebration.

The Ambassador also honoured offering the Letter of Appreciation to Mast. Akshaj Udaiwal, student at Indian school, Al Gubrah, for successfully reaching the base camp of Mount Everest in 2022 at the age of 6 years and 11 months.

                                     

Thank you Nadhira Al Harthy, the first Arab woman to summit Mount Everest and K2 mountains and  Ms. Fatiyah Al Zadjali , trekked to 5 basecamps of major Himalayas of Nepal for sharing your mountaineering experiences.

Thank you, Mr. Haitham Mohammed Rafi, for your kind words and appreciating Akshaj. You thrilled us with your mesmerizing singing.  

Thank you to the entire team of Nepal Embassy for this wonderful evening.🙏

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Why do people stack stones /pebbles?

 While I was going through the pictures in my mobile phone, I was struck by this one picture and wondered why people stack rocks?

 

 This stunning location is famously known as Pebbles beach is nuzzled at a few kilometres away from the Bimmah sink hole, Muscat and it offers beautiful, picturesque views of serene sea with plethora of colorful stones at the shores.

We visited this place with our friends in the month of December. By seeing those smooth pebbles, children started stacking them, few fell down and few stood yet they didn’t give up until they made it to a certain height where they felt like, this is it and satisfied. It was fun watching them.

 

One thing, I know that this activity improves one's concentration and patience. And I was happy watching children enjoying doing this.

But, when this question of why we stack stones popped up in my mind, I browsed in internet for reasons and to my surprise or being unknown to the facts of it, I was fascinated to learn these new things about stacking.

 - People who go for hiking stack rocks and guide the other hikers towards the right path. However, misplaced stacks may lead to off trail as sometimes hikers might do this stacking for fun or to release stress/ strain.

 -   A pile of stones can be used to represent how things grow and expand i.e change over time in a variety of ways.

 - There is one spiritual meaning of stacking rocks: As the rocks stand on top of one another, it can give us a message of unity-” Unity is strength”.

Another interesting finding is, In India, there are places like Ladakh, Uttarakhand where we can find this stack of stones. It is believed that this practice of stacking stones is a way to worship or gesture to ask for a wish or good fortune for the person stacking them.

Whatever the reason may be, I love to stack stones and have fun with my friends.

                                                    What about you?