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November 30, 2025Leave your noise at the base. Carry only what the heart can hold.” There are some places you plan to visit, and others you stumble upon by accident.But a few places—very few—carry a divine calling, places that quietly rearrange something inside you without asking for permission. Tungnath, I discovered, belongs to this rare third category. It doesn’t scream for attention like the loud tourist guide outside Lal Quila; it simply stands in its ancient stillness, waiting for you to arrive—panting, doubting your life choices that led to this climb—and then rewards you with a view that feels like a blessing…
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