Manela Gunji

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This entire place is called as Manela, The Mane- La is a Buddhist holy big stone where in the holy chanting sutra "om mani padme hum" is written in Tibetan language, these religious transcriptions is jointly named as Mane by local indigenous peoples and La means a holy stone with the name of this holy stone the entire plain of gunji is called as Manela. The manela consists of three plateaus upper is main manela, lower is kang kang thang ja and lowest is rhang la khokhu.
This place have been a grazing field for the animals husbandry of these indigenous people of Gunji for centuries and was considered very very unsafe for permanent habitations. However presently these areas have been encroached by different departments of Indian government such as Army, Border roads, Paramilitary forces, Intelligence, Police, Customs, Banks, KMVM, Schools etc including by locals for their livelihood on tourism and small tea / snack shops. The destiny of this place lies with the blessings of Indian govt. Most safest place was acquired by vyass mela committee and vyass mela is organized on every 15th moon of Bhado month local indigenous people jointly by all five villagers of upper Vyas valley. There are two cricket ground at Manela one near main manela and other near vyass mela committees. If developed there could be international matches played in the beautiful place of Manela its is a dream for us. On eastern side it is dense devdar and oak forest of vyass munis main Yarfan Kauwan on south eastern side beautiful ranges of snowy Api mountains southern side is forest and hills of Napalchyu village and western side its panoramic view of Gunji, Rongkang, Nabi and Kuti Village. Norther side there is Gir Bhole hills and Naag Parvat to wards Kailash Mansarover. Future is bright for this place if it is developed in a systemic way. Now its is accessible with motorable by approx. 700 km drive from New Delhi. It would be a religious hub for India for Kailash Manasarover, Adi Kailash and Om Parvat pilgrims including a trade and commercial center with China and Nepal.