ABSTRACT
The eight Indian saints, called in Tibet Rig-zin-gye and the famous Tang-srung-gyapa, the Vyasa of the Buddhists, are said to have bathed in the water of this fall, and it is in consequence regarded as the holiest river in this part of the Himalayas. It precipitates itself in three unbroken sheets from the top; and rushing finally over the rocks which project from the face of the precipice, it falls in a mass of foaming water among the dark and glistening rocks below. The stupendous scenery of the peak from which it issues, the irregular disposition of the rocks through which it cuts its way, the immense height from which it falls, combine to make it one of the most sublime spectacles in the Himalayas. The north of tableland is bounded by lofty pinnacles of rock and on the south and east flows a stream called Khameh-chu an affluent of the Kang-chen-chu.
