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

Shiva ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
associatedWithText Buddhist scriptures ⓘ
Hindu Puranas ⓘ
linked to: 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 Consciousness ⓘ
linked to: Lake of the Mind

Lake of the Mind ⓘ
nearBorderWith India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
nearbyLake Lake Rakshastal ⓘ
outflow Sutlej River ⓘ
partOf Transhimalaya region ⓘ
linked to: Transhimalaya
pilgrimageCircuit 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Mount Kailasa region → hasLake → Lake Manasarovar ⓘ
Gang Rinpoche → near → Lake Manasarovar ⓘ
Kailāsa Parvata → near → Lake Manasarovar ⓘ
Kangrinboqê Peak → near → Lake Manasarovar ⓘ
Dola → hasNearbyLake → Lake Manasarovar ⓘ
Nayki → locatedNear → Lake Manasarovar ⓘ
Nayki → hasNearbyReligiousSite → Lake Manasarovar ⓘ
Lake of the Demon → associatedWith → Lake Manasarovar ⓘ
Lake of the Demon → culturallyContrastedWith → Lake Manasarovar (considered sacred and auspicious) ⓘ
linked to: Lake Manasarovar
Lake of the Demon → contrastedSymbolicallyWith → Lake Manasarovar as symbol of purity ⓘ
linked to: Lake Manasarovar
Humla–Purang border crossing → near → Lake Manasarovar ⓘ
Gurla Mandhata → faces → Lake Manasarovar ⓘ
Gurla Mandhata → near → Lake Manasarovar ⓘ
Lipulekh Pass → onRouteTo → Lake Manasarovar ⓘ