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A small gathering, led personally by Dr. Kul Raj Chalise, walking the corridor Nilkanth Varni walked.
Inquire Now→A small yatra — a dozen or so seats, led personally by Dr. Kul Raj Chalise — following the sequence given in Satsangi Jeevan, Chapter 44. From Galeshwor, where Suryanarayan directed Nilkanth Varni northward, down the Kali Gandaki that carries Shaligram shilas as the aniconic form of Vishnu, to Pulhashram Muktinath — the ground of the four-month tapasya.
Six days on the ground. The reading begins weeks earlier. The practice continues at home.
Each chapter has its own pace, its own scripture, its own ground.
Arrival. A day to settle — body, altitude, time. The yatra opens with a quiet evening satsang where Dr. Chalise reads the Nilkanth Varni passages that set the ground for everything that follows. Each family states a sankalp — the intention they will carry through the corridor.
Two nights at the edge of Phewa Lake, below the Annapurna. This is the foothill chapter — where the pace softens and the mind loosens. Bindhyabasini darshan, lakeside sadhana, and a long evening katha on the meaning of vairagya. A short domestic flight carries us northward on the third morning.
Galeshwor is where Suryanarayan appeared to Nilkanth Varni and directed him onward to Pulhashram. We stop at the Mahadev temple on the riverbank for the first formal reading of Chapter 44 — read at the ground it describes. The long drive through the gorge that follows is itself part of the yatra: the Kali Gandaki visible below for much of the way.
Before dawn, Dr. Chalise leads the Shaligram darshan at the riverbed — the only river on earth that carries them. He speaks on Nilkanth Varni's Bal Mukund Shaligram, the stone he carried with him for seven years. Guests who already hold a Shaligram in their home mandir are invited to bring it, so that it is blessed at its origin.
The destination. Doli service is guaranteed for any guest who needs it. Darshan at the pagoda, at Jwala Mai's eternal flames, at the 108 sacred waters. Dr. Chalise reads the Satsangi Jeevan verses at the ground they describe. A closing satsang at altitude — the yatra's weight shifts from journey to memory.
Not a tour, not a trek. A yatra structured so that the weight is on what is read and what is seen — never on what must be endured.
The yatra is led personally by Dr. Kul Raj Chalise, who has walked this corridor for three decades. In 2024, he served on the committee that identified and authenticated the Kali Gandaki Shaligram shilas placed at the heart of the Ram Mandir consecration in Ayodhya.
Read the full scholar section→The September 2026 departure is the first. The circle is small by design.
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