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Mansar can refer to: * Lake Manasarovar, a sacred lake in Tibet, site of pilgrimages from India * Mansar Lake, a lake in Jammu and Kashmir, India * Mansar, India, a town in Maharashtra * Mansar, Pakistan, town in Punjab, Pakistan See also * Mansa (other) * Manesar, a town in Haryana, India {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Manasarovar
Lake Manasarovar also called Mapam Yumtso (; ) locally, is a high altitude freshwater lake near Mount Kailash in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is located at an elevation of , near the western trijunction between China, India and Nepal. It overflows into the adjacent salt-water lake of Rakshastal via the Ganga Chhu. The sources of four rivers: Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, and Karnali lie in the vicinity of the region. The lake is sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Bon religion. People from India, China, Nepal and other countries in the region undertake a pilgrimage to the region. The pilgrimage generally involves trekking towards Lake Manasarovar and a circumambulation of the nearby Mount Kailash. Etymology The Sanskrit word "Manasarovar" (मानसरोवर) is a combination of two Sanskrit words, ''Mānas'' (मानस्) meaning "mind" (generally denotes the mental powers associated including intellect, perceptio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansar Lake
Mansar Lake is a lake located in Mansar in the Samba district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located 19 km from Samba town & from the city of Jammu. It is fringed by forest-covered hills, and is over a mile () in length and half a mile () in width. Surinsar-Mansar Lakes were designated as Ramsar Convention sites in November 2005. Mansar is primarily fed by surface run-off and partially by mineralised water through paddy fields. The lake supports CITES and IUCN red-listed ''Lissemys punctuata'', ''Aspideretes gangeticus,'' and ''Mansariella lacustris''. The composite lake is high in micro nutrients for which makes it an attractive habitat, breeding and nursery ground for migratory waterfowl like ''Fulica atra'', ''Gallinula chloropus'', ''Podiceps nigricollis'', ''Aythya fuligula,'' and various Anas species. About Besides being a popular excursion destination in Jammu, it is also a holy site, sharing the legend and sanctity of Lake Manasarovar. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansar, India
Mansar is a census town in Ramtek tehsil of Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. This town is located 5 km west of Ramtek and 45 km northeast of Nagpur city. Geography Mansar is located at . It has an average elevation of 471 metres (1545 feet). History In 1972, an image of a deity, later identified as ''Shiva Vamana'' was found from a hillock in Mansar, locally known as ''Hidimba Tekri''. Important excavations were carried out at the ancient sites of Mansar since 1997-98, under the aegis of the ''Bodhisatva Nagarjun Smarak Samstha Va Anusandhan Kendra'', Nagpur and under the directions of Jagat Pati Joshi and A. K. Sharma. So far 5 sites have been excavated in Mansar, which are designated as MNS 1, MNS 2, MNS 3, MNS 4 and MNS 5. Exposed Brick Structures containing the Buddhist Monastery, Buddhist Box Pattern Stupa, Small Temples and the Palace Structure. Various Stone images also exposed during the Excavation. Identified as the Capital of Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansar, Pakistan
Mansar (Urdu:مانسر) is a town in the Chach Valley of Attock District in Punjab Province, Pakistan. It is located close to bank of the Indus River, and the Azad Kashmir Regiment of Pakistan Army is based close to this village. Demographics Mansar's population is exclusively Muslim, and mostly belongs to Awan, Malyaar, Mughal, Shaikh and Pathan tribes. Shrines The shrines of the Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ... saint Sin Kalo Baba (سائیں کلو بابا), revered for his piety, and his disciple Sayyad Anwar Shah (سید انور شاہ) are also present in Mansar. There is also a tomb of a disciple of Sayyad Anwar Shah, Bhai Mohammad Alam (بھائی محمد عالم). References {{Attock District Villages in Attock District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansa (other)
''MANSA'' is a scale used to assess quality of life. Its name is short for ''Manchester, Short Assessment of Quality of Life''. It was developed by Priebe et al. References Notes References Further reading * * External links * {{Latin phrases E ... in 1999. The creators of the scale found the results of the scale to be comparable to the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile. The MANSA consists of 16 questions. References Positive mental attitude {{social-psych-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
