Dharamsala: The Manimahesh pilgrimage this year has a different slogan, besides the usual Jai Shiv Shankar. ‘Leave your sins, not your things’ will be heard echoing across lofty Himalayan ranges as thousands of Shiva devotees take a holy dip in the Manimahesh lake overlooking the Kailash mountain peak. Term it divine intervention, or simple concern for our environment as pollution in mountains takes monstrous proportions, a huge army of volunteers, under the banner of ‘The Mountain Cleaners’ is slowly moving up to clean up the Himalayan slopes.
Led by Jodie Underhill, now popularly known as the Garbage Girl in Himachal, the Mountain
Cleaners will carry out a one-month cleaning campaign during the Manimahesh Yatra from August 20 to September 23. Formed in April 2009 after Judie started organizing mass cleanups in McLeod Ganj, the Mountain Cleaners has quickly grown into a major movement and now promises to save Himachal Pradesh from waste chocking its beautiful valleys and rivers. Read Full Story
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