Faraway Travels

Some believe it to be named after a local shepherd with the name of Musa who used to pray at the peak The mount has a prayer mat’s appearance and is thus named Musa Ka Musala, meaning Moses’ prayer mat. The mountain is ice scaped all year long. The mountaintop is considered a ziarat {Islamic shrine} by the localities, as a shepherd, in old times, used to offer his daily prayers at the peak. The mountain is surrounded by Khunda (Gali) Peak, which very much resembles K2. Mandagucha is a village located in Siran Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The village is on the route to one of the highest hilltops of the Himalaya series in Pakistan, Musa ka Musalla, and has a cool climate.