Lake Mansarovar is situated at 4,590 metres (15,060 ft) over the
sea level, a comparatively high elevation for a huge freshwater lake on the
mostly brackish lagoon-flaked Tibetan
Plateau. Despite allegation to the adverse, there are hundreds of bigger
freshwater lagoons in the globe, along with a bigger and higher freshwater lake
at 4,941 metres (16,211 ft) over the sea level and 495 km2 in area, Angpa Tso , farther east on the Tibetan Plateau
at 33°24′N 90°17′E. The biggest freshwater lake of its dimensions
(290 km2) about 5000 metres elevation is Pumoyong Tso , on the Tibetan highland, at 28°34′N 90°24′E at
5,018 metres (16,463 ft) altitude.
Lake Mansarovar is approximately circular in pattern with the boundary of
88 kilometres (55 mi). Its depth spread to a maximum extent of 90 m
(300 ft) and its surface expanse is 320 square kilometres
(120 sq mi). It is combined to adjacent Lake
Rakshastal by the prevailing Ganga Chhu channel. Lake Manasarovar is close to
the cause of the Sutlej
River which is the
easternmost massive tributary of the Indus. Nearby are the root of the Brahmaputra ,
the Indus ,
and the Karnali
River an paramount subordinate
of the Ganges
River.
Lake Mansarovar floods
in to Lake Rakshastal which is an alkali water endorheic
lake. These lakes used to be chunk of Sutlej River basin
and got divided because of tectonic activity. Lake
Mansarovar can be attached to the Ganga River basin
by a fifteen km long tunnel to divert the flow of its water for mere infallibility
to Hindus of India
who acknowledge its water as holy.
The term “Manasarovar” is derived from Sanskrit language,
which is a fusion of the words "Manas" "sarovara" in which manas
means mind and sarovara means lake. As per the Hindu belief, the lake was first
originated in the mind of the Lord Brahma after which it personified on Earth.
Belief about Lake Mansarovar
in Hinduism
According to Hindu scriptures, Lake Mansarovar
is a personification of pureness and one who drinks water from the lake will proceed
to the Home of Lord Shiva after demise. He is accepted to be purified
of all his sins done over a hundred lifetimes.
Similar to Mount
Kailash, Lake Mansarovar is a place of devotion, captivating
religious people from India, Nepal, Tibet and the adjacent countries. Pilgrimage expeditions are coordinated regularly,
exclusively from India,
the most popular of which is the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra which is held every year.
Lake Manasarovar has long been seen by the devotees as
being adjacent to the cause of four of the greatest rivers of Asia, namely the Brahmaputra
River, Karnali
River, Indus River and Sutlej River. The
region was closed to devotees from the outside due to the Chinese Invasion of Tibet; no outsiders
were permitted between 1951 and 1980. After the 1980s it has once more become a
unit of the Indian pilgrim pathway.
The
lake, in Hindu religious faith, is also assumed to be the summer abode of the Hamsa goose. Contemplated to be sacred, the
Hamsa is a crucial element in the signification of the subcontinent, exhibiting
intelligence and grace.