Mana is a village in the
district of Chamoli
in the Indian state of Uttarakhand,
located at an altitude of 3,200 meters].
It is located on the northern terminus of National Highway 58,[2] Mana
is the last village before the Mana Pass and is 24 kilometres from the border of India
and Tibet/China. The village is
at a distance of about 3 km from the Hindu Pilgrimage Badrinath and
the two places are culturally connected with each other.
Demography
It has about 180 households and a
population of about 600. The people belong to Marchhas and Jads or Bhotias.[1]
During winter months, the entire populations comes down to lower places, as the
area is covered under snow. Many coffee shops here tell people that their shop
is the last coffee shop on the Indian border.
Cultural identity
The villagers of this village are
culturally associated with activities of Badrinath temple and annual fair of
Matha murthi. They used to trade with Tibet in earlier days. There is a small
cave in Mana, named Vyas Guha and it is believed that Maharshi Vyas composed
Mahabharatha in this cave. One more cave is called Ganesh Guha and tourists
visit both caves regularly.
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