{"id":23778,"date":"2020-02-07T18:27:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T18:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vargiskhan.com\/log\/?p=23778"},"modified":"2020-02-16T16:40:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T16:40:14","slug":"gue-village-spiti-valley-mummy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vargiskhan.com\/log\/gue-village-spiti-valley-mummy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gue Village in Spiti Valley – The Mysterious Mummy of Spiti"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first time I heard of the name of Gue village was when I traveled on the Spiti Circuit<\/a><\/strong> for the first time over a decade ago. We were staying at a guest house in Sarahan<\/a><\/strong> and I was discussing my itinerary with the owner of the guest house. This is when he mentioned of the Mummy of Spiti Valley and how I must include it in my travel plans. Imagine my surprise when I learned that there was an actual Mummy where I was headed to because to us, Mummies were something that was found only in Egypt and not in India.<\/p>\n

Back then, the information available about Spiti on the web was very limited; and that is why Giu Village was not in my itinerary. Nevertheless, on recommendation of the guest house owner; I altered my travel plans slightly to accommodate a short trip to this mysterious village; and see what the fuss was all about. We stayed for the night in Nako Village<\/a><\/strong> and the next day, while going to Kaza, took the short 9 kilometers long detour to see the Gue monastery and the mummy in it.<\/p>\n

Did we find the mummy? Yes, we did. It wasn’t how I imagined it to be but nevertheless, it was a well-preserved body of a 500-year-old Lama with hair still on its head and teeth in its mouth.<\/p>\n

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