Lake Manasarovar

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Lake Manasarovar is a high-altitude freshwater lake in Tibet revered in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bon as a sacred pilgrimage site near Mount Kailash.

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Label Occurrences
Lake Manasarovar canonical 14

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf freshwater lake
high-altitude lake
lake
pilgrimage site
sacred site
administeredBy China
surface form: People's Republic of China
associatedWithDeity Goddess Gauri
surface form: Parvati

Shiva
associatedWithReligion Tibetan Buddhism
associatedWithText Buddhist scriptures
Puranas
surface form: Hindu Puranas
climate cold desert climate
continent Asia
country China
drainageBasin Sutlej River basin
elevation about 15060 ft
about 4590 m
etymologyLanguage Sanskrit
freezesIn winter
hasIsland Chiu Monastery peninsula
knownFor religious pilgrimages
ritual bathing
ritual circumambulation
locatedIn Ngari Prefecture
Tibet Autonomous Region
locatedNear Mount Kailash
maximumDepth about 90 m
nameMeaning Lake of the Mind
surface form: Lake of Consciousness

Lake of the Mind
nearBorderWith India
Nepal
nearbyLake Lake Rakshastal
outflow Sutlej River
partOf Transhimalaya
surface form: Transhimalaya region
pilgrimageCircuit Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrimage route
surface form: Kailash–Manasarovar Yatra
religiousSignificance Bon
Buddhism
Hinduism
Jainism
sacredStatusIn Bon
Buddhism
Hinduism
Jainism
shape round
surfaceArea about 320 km²
tourismType religious tourism
trekking and adventure tourism
traditionalRegion Western Tibet
waterType freshwater

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Lake Manasarovar region contains Lake Manasarovar
Mount Kailash near Lake Manasarovar
Lake Rakshastal locatedNear Lake Manasarovar
Lake Rakshastal connectedTo Lake Manasarovar
Lake Rakshastal contrastWith Lake Manasarovar
Lake Rakshastal locatedWestOf Lake Manasarovar
Ngari Prefecture contains Lake Manasarovar
Darchen locatedNear Lake Manasarovar
Rakshastal locatedNear Lake Manasarovar
Rakshastal separatedFrom Lake Manasarovar
Rakshastal connectedTo Lake Manasarovar
Rakshastal contrastedWith Lake Manasarovar