Lake Manasarovar or Lake Manasa Sarovar (Sanskrit: मानसरोवर; Tibetan: མ་ཕམ་གཡུ་མཚོ།, Mapham Yutso) is a fresh-water lake in Tibet 2000 km from Lhasa. The name Manasa Sarovar literally means “lake of the mind”. According to Hindu mythology, Lord Brahma is said to have created this lake from his mind. To the west of Lake Manasarovar is Lake Rakshastal and towards the north is Mount Kailash, known in Tibetan as Khang Rinpoche. The Sanskrit language ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... Tibetan can refer to: A place or item from Tibet. ... Fresh water contains low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. ... A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake (from Latin lacus) is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་; Wylie: Bod; Lhasa dialect IPA: [; Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 西藏, Hanyu Pinyin: XÄ«zàng; also referred to as 藏区 (Simplified Chinese), 藏區 (Traditional Chinese), ZàngqÅ« (Hanyu Pinyin), see Name section below) is a plateau region in Central Asia and the indigenous home to the Tibetan people. ... km redirects here. ... Lhasa (Tibetan: ལྷ་ས་; Wylie: lha sa; Lhasa dialect IPA: [; Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), sometimes spelled Llasa, is the traditional capital of Tibet and the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Lake Rakshastal is a lake in Tibet lying close to the west of Lake Manasarowar and Mount Kailash. ... Mount Kailash (officially: Kangrinboqê; Tibetan: Gang Rinpoche, གངས་རིན་པོཅཧེ་; Wylie: Gangs Rin-po-che; ZWPY: Kangrinboqê; Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Hindi कैलाश पर्वत, Kailāśā Parvata) is a peak in the Gangdisê mountains, the source of some of the longest rivers in Asia—the Indus River, the Sutlej River, a tributary of the Ganges...

Geography

Satellite view of lakes Manasarovar (right) and Rakshastal with Mount Kailash in the background

Manasarovar Lake is located at 30°40′25.68″N, 81°28′07.90″E, 4556 m above mean sea level. It the highest fresh-water lake in the world. Lake Manasarovar is relatively round in shape. The circumference of Manasarovar is 88 km, depth is 90 m and it occupies a total area of 320 km². The lake freezes in winter and melts only in the spring. The Sutlej River, the Brahmaputra River (the Tsangpo), the Indus River, and the Karnali River all trace their sources to its close vicinity. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x828, 651 KB) Landsat7 Satellite view of the Mount Kailash, draped over SRTM DEM with Lake Manasarowar (right) and Lake Rakshastal (left) in the foreground. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x828, 651 KB) Landsat7 Satellite view of the Mount Kailash, draped over SRTM DEM with Lake Manasarowar (right) and Lake Rakshastal (left) in the foreground. ... The metre (American English:meter) is a measure of length. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... km redirects here. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The Sutlej is a river that flows through Northern India, with its source in Tibet. ... Brahmaputra A dugout with pilot in Chitwan. ... Brahmaputra A dugout with pilot in Chitwan. ... Satellite image of the Indus River basin. ... The Karnali River is the longest river in Nepal. ...

The Lake and Tibetan Himalayas

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Cultural significance

Like Mount Kailash, Lake Mansarovar is a place of pilgrimage, attracting religious people from India, Tibet and the neighboring countries. Bathing in the Manasa Sarovar and drinking it's water is believed to cleanse all sins. Pilgrimage tours are organized regularly, especially from India, the most famous of which is the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra which takes place every year. Pilgrims come to take ceremonial bathes in the cleansing waters of the lake. Mount Kailash (officially: Kangrinboqê; Tibetan: Gang Rinpoche, གངས་རིན་པོཅཧེ་; Wylie: Gangs Rin-po-che; ZWPY: Kangrinboqê; Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Hindi कैलाश पर्वत, Kailāśā Parvata) is a peak in the Gangdisê mountains, the source of some of the longest rivers in Asia—the Indus River, the Sutlej River, a tributary of the Ganges...

According to Hindu mythology, the lake was first created in the mind of the Lord Brahma. Hence, in Sanskrit it is called "Manasarovar", which is a combination of the words Manas (mind) and Sarovar (lake). The lake, in Hindu mythology, is also supposed to be the summer abode of swans, who are considered as very wise and sacred birds. It is also believed the Devas descend to bathe in the lake between 3 and 5 am the time of the day known as Brahma Muhurta. Buddhists also associate the lake to the legendary lake known as Anavatapta in Sanskrit and Anotatta in Pali, where Queen Maya is believed to have conceived Buddha. The lake has a few monasteries on its shores. The most notable of which is the ancient Chiu Gompa Monastery, which has been built right onto a steep hill. It looks as if it has been carved right out of the rock. The Jains and the Bonpas of Tibet equally revere this spot with great enthusiasm. Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages) is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Sanskrit language ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... Species 6-7 living, see text. ... In certain sects of Hinduism, Muhurta is the selection of an auspicious date and time for performing a work. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Anavatapta (阿那婆達多 in Chinese and Japanese) is the lake lying at the center of the world, according to an ancient Buddhist cosmological view. ... The Sanskrit language ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... Pali (IAST: ) is a Middle Indo-Aryan dialect or prakrit. ... Queen Māyās white elephant dream, and the conception of the Buddha. ... Media:Example. ... JAIN is an activity within the Java Community Process, developing APIs for the creation of telephony (voice and data) services. ...

External link

• Kailash Mansarovar
• http://www.kmyatra.org/lake-mansarovar.htm
• wikitravel Kailash Mansarovar travel guide
• Lake Manasarovar travel guide from Wikitravel