For any individual who designs a visit to the spiritualist valleys of Lahaul and Spiti, a night remain at the lovely Chandratal is in every case some portion of the schedule. It is an excellent lake without a doubt, about a kilometer long and a large portion of a kilometer wide yet there are a few things about this lake that very few individuals know about.
Chandratal is the cause point and wellspring of waterway Chandra, which is one of the tributaries of River Chenab. Chandra River streams for a broad separation along the street from Batal to Gramphoo and after that the Manali-Leh thruway southeastern way before turning totally and taking a southwestern course in the wake of converging with Bhaga River at Tandi. Bhaga then again begins from Suraj Taal, another little lake situated at the highest point of Baralacha La Pass. Suraj Taal is the third most elevated lake in India and 21st most noteworthy on the planet. The water outlet from Suraj Taal frames the Bhaga River. Together these two little streams, Chandra and Bhaga, frame the major Chandrabhaga River which later converges with River Chenab.
Chandra River starts from an icy mass on south-eastern side of the Baralacha La Pass. These little surges of dilute stream toward Kunzum pass and shape Chandratal in a wide slush plain in the midst of the pinnacles of Kunzum go. Fascinating thing about this lake is that there is definitely no obvious wellspring of water to this lake however there is a noticeable outlet which implies that water to this lake originates from underground which is exceedingly bizarre. Its source is the ice sheet at Baralacha Pass however how the water heads out from the icy mass to the lake is a puzzle in itself. With quantities of icy masses on its side, greatest being the Shingri to its left side and Samundari to its right side, the waterway outlet from the lake is nourished by various water streams until its intersection with Bhaga River. Indeed, even after Batal, a few streams streaming down from Sonapani ice sheet close Khoksar and Sissu ice sheet close to the town of Sissu continue converging into the water outlet from Chandratal, and in this way transforming it into a waterway of substantial size with a furious stream of water.
Chandratal, actually meaning pool of the moon, is accepted to be named so because of its sickle shape. Its water source anyway isn't the main perplexing actuality about this lake, there is likewise a delightful story of two sweethearts who chose to meet at the Baralacha Pass and converged into one another to stay one until the end of time.
Legend has it that Chandra was the dearest little girl of the moon and Bhaga was the main child of Suryadev, the Sun god. Them two once kept running into one another at Baralacha La and it was unexplainable adoration anyway their affection was not endorsed by their folks and they were not permitted to wed one another. Sun god needed to depend his child the errand of acquiring light to the world the type of days while Moon god needed to dole out the activity of lighting the evenings on the planet to his little girl Chandra. This dissatisfaction with their folks broke the hearts of the two youthful darlings however they were not all that effectively crushed. Together they both chose to steal away, meet at Baralacha Pass again where they had initially met and play out their interminable marriage themselves without their parent's endorsement. They both came down to the concurred spot however Chandra achieved somewhat early than Bhaga. When she didn't discover Bhaga at Baralacha La, she strayed in look for him towards Kunzum Pass and afterward began to hover back to Baralacha La once more. Exactly when she came to Tandi, she saw Bhaga descending from the other way searching for her. They both subsequently met and the heavenly marriage was performed. The course that Chandra took from Baralacha La Pass to Chandra Taal is today present in type of a trek course that few trekking fans pursue. Her course from Kunzum Pass back towards Baralacha La is the place the waterway streams in present days. Chandratal is accepted to be named after Chandra and Suraj Taal after Bhaga, him being the child of Sun God. As is the legend of Chandra Taal, the excellent lake, minor in size however a monster in excellence.
