Wolfgang's photos with the keyword: Mapham Yutso

First view at the Lake Manasarovar and the mountain range in background with the Nemo Nanyi peak (Gurla Mandhata) (7728 m).

This majestic mountain original called Gurla Mandhata or Memo Nanyi.

At the background the mountain range, the border to Nepal, and the Mt. Nemo Nanyi (Gurla Mandhata).

View from the lake side of Manasarovar.

Chiu Gompa lies near the lake Manasarovar. The ancient Chiu Gompa Monastery, which has been built right onto a steep hill. It looks as if it has been carved right out of the rock.

A German traveller group camps at the lake side, observing the thousands seagulls. The gulls catching fish out the lake, local people replace this fish back into the water.

Buddhists associate Manasarovar with Anotatta Lake, where the Buddha was mystically conceived. According to Buddhist legend, the Buddha's mother was transported here by the gods, where she bathed in the sacred waters of Manasarovar until her body was purified. She then saw a white elephant running to her from Mount Kailash, as the Buddha entered her womb. The lake is 88 km in circumference, 90m deep, and 320 sq km in total area.

Only one monk living permanently in this Monastery site, but he gets many viisits by pilgrims almost every day.

The snow covered Gurla Mandhata (Memo Nanyi) peak (7728 m) in background.

Lake Manasarovar lies at 4556 m above mean sea level, making it the highest fresh-water lake in the world. It is relatively round in shape with a circumference of 88 km. Its depth is 90 m and its surface area is 320 square km. The lake freezes in winter and melts only in the spring. It is connected to nearby Lake Rakshastal by the natural Ganga Chhu channel. Manasarovar is the source of the Sutlej River which is the easternmost large tributary of the Indus. Nearby are the sources of the Brahmaputra River, the Indus River, and the Karnali River (Ghaghara) which is an important tributary of the Ganges River, so this region is the hydrographic nexus of the Himalaya.

Lake Manasarovar, Mapam Yumco, Mapam Yum Co, Mapham Yu Tso (Tibetan: མ་ཕམ་གཡུ་མཚོ། or Manasa Sarovar/Lake Manas (Sanskrit: मानस सरोवर), is a fresh-water lake in Tibet Autonomous Region of China 1,300 km from Lhasa. It is the highest body of freshwater in the world.

Some devout pilgrims take bath in the Holy Manasarovar which has a temperature of only 4 degrees C.