Lake Manasarovar, known in Tibetan as Mapham Yum Tso མ་ཕམ་གཡུ་མཚོ། or “invincible/unconquered turquoise lake”, is Tibet’s holiest lake. Manasarovar is located in far western Tibet’s Ngari Prefecture, over 1200 kilometers from Lhasa. The lake is only 32 kilometers/20 miles from Mt Kailash, Tibet’s most sacred peak. The lake lies at an altitude of 4590 meters/15,060 … Continue reading Lake Manasarovar