Why do Hinduism and Buddhism venerate lake Manasasarovar ?
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Like Mount Kailash, Lake Manasarovar is a place of pilgrimage, attracting religious people from India, Nepal, Tibet and neighboring countries. Bathing in Manasarovar and drinking its water is believed by Hindus to cleanse all sins.
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Lake Manasarovar (Sanskrit: मानसरोवर) or Manas Sarovar, also called Swan rimbonche(Tibetan: མ་ཕམ་གཡུ་མཚོ།, Wylie: ma pham g.yu mtsho;; is a high altitude freshwater lake fed by the Kailash Glaciers[1] near Mount Kailash in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The lake is revered as a sacred place in four religions: Bön, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
Manas Sarovar
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Lake Manasarovar with Mount Kailash in a distance.
Location of the lake in Tibet.Location of the lake in Tibet.Manas Sarovar
Location
Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
Coordinates
30.65°N 81.45°E
Native name
Mapam Yumtso (Standard Tibetan)
Basin countries
India
Surface area
410 km2 (160 sq mi)
Max. depth
90 m (300 ft)
Surface elevation
4,590 m (15,060 ft)
Frozen
Winter