First Indian Village: “Mana Village”

4 min readSep 20, 2017

Mana The first village of India, Uttarakhand and Chitkul, Himachal Pradesh are the two places, where people confused which one is India’s first village. Chitkul, Himachal Pradesh is actually the first inhabited village on the Indo-Tibet border and lies deep within the Kinnaur valley. But the official ‘India’s first village’, goes to Mana Village, Uttarakhand.

Mana village is located @Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. Its altitude 3200 meters approx. And Surely it is the first village & its 24kms away from the border of India and China. And 4kms from Hindu pilgrimage, Badrinath.

Visiting Mana village is in itself a very awesome and satisfying experience. This term, “India’s first village” overcomes both your mind as well as your heart, and giving that adventurous spark in you, with a sense of accomplishment too. The moment you step foot on its ground, the vividness of nature as it is surrounded by the Himalayas and is on the banks of the river Saraswati grasps your attention.

Just stay there for some time and enjoy all the awesome sceneries and know more about the village .

Here, everywhere you would find “India’s first village” being used in some of the other ways, either by shopkeepers or by people selling petty stuff, which would keep on reminding you that you’ve come a long way.

India’s last tea shop , once in a lifetime you must to go there and enjoy a cup of tea.

Apart from the river Saraswati, there is one point of interest where you’d find a lot of tourists, known as Bheema Pul. It is believed to be created by Bheema(one of the five brothers of Pandavas), near River Saraswati. It’s a huge rock formed as a bridge across the river. The legend has it that Bheema placed the rock to make way for Draupadi, to cross the river, during their journey to heaven.

There are many places to visit :
~Vyasa Gufa
~Ganesha Gufa
~Tapt Kunda
~Vasudhara
Interesting Place also a lot offering.
Mana village is one of the best places for trekking in India. There are many adventurous trek routes :
~Mana to Vasudhara
~Mana to Mana Pass
~Mana to Satopanth
~Mana to Charanpaduka.

It is located at the northern terminus of National Highway 58 and the total distance from New Delhi till here is 551kms. A bike ride will be the best journey to them
Overall, the experience of visiting Mana can be wonderful, adventurous and joyful. You definitely leave with more memories and moments, than regrets.

Barfani Baba stays in a cave round the year .

There is cave were Baba lives and gives blessings to everyone.

They Have there dress code which they wear

If you want to know more about the village then just join their cultural programme. I am sure that you will definitely enjoy and have a great time. Also, you will get new experiences & will get awesome feelings that i can’t be expressed in words.