Experience of the Mansar Lake Parikrama.
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Mansar Lake......................................
The view from the tourist guest house balcony at Mansar..........................
Mansar is a beautiful lake fringed by forest covered hills,over a mile in length &half a mile in width. Besides being a popular tourist destination in Samba district of Jammu,its a holy site, sharing the legends & sanctity of lake Manasarovar.On the eastern bank of the lake ,there's a shrine of Sheshnag( a mythological Snake god with 6 head). Newly weds, consider it auspicious to perform the 3 circum ambulation(Parikrama) around the lake to seek the blessings of Sheshnag. Itsaround 3kms stretch & took us approx. an hour+ to walk around its pathway.
The new Sheshnag temple besides the tourist guest houseJKTDC,Mansar.
As we went around the Mansar lake for the Parikrama....
The pathway for the parikrama of the Mansar lake...
Location :62kms from Jammu City via NH1A.
Altitude:666mts above mean sea level.
Area:1229 Kanal.
Depth:37mts approx.
Weather: cool & no polution.............total serenity all around.
Time from Jammu : 2hrs+.
The view of the surrounding garden by the Mansar lake....
The JKTDC guest house ,Mansar......
Besides Mansar Lake , there's another lake Surinsar (approx.9kms away) & the whole route pass thru' the Surinsar wild life santuary across hilly terrain & few view points are worth stopping over. Hardly any eattery as such on the way .. The JKTDC Resort Guest rooms/ huts are very ill maintained & they are only the owner of the whole property. Some people just prefer to strole around on the resort bank of the lake instead & walk away ,others just prefer to visit the original Sheshnag temple on the other bank & do the rituals & take dip in the lake. But someone like us ,if prefers to stay a night at the resort ,would surely get a feeling of a ghost bunglow stay which have hardly been used over a period of time...No doubt , the food was good. The serenity around was quite refreshing though.... The gardens were really well maintained & are full of beautiful rose blooms & other seasonal flowering plants.... The Mansar lake is home to Mahashir fishes & big turtles & are worshipped & fed by all devotees thronging to the shrine.
The mahashir fishes at Mansar lake...
The Surinsar Lake...............................
The beautiful landscape as we drove back to Jammu....................
The R. Tawi, flowing across the beautiful landscape..
Word of caution: Should carry own food if planning a day trip orelse JKTDC resort has a resturant which serves only Veg. food. If one intend to stay a night at the tourist cottage/ huts are recommended to carry your own bedsheet & toiletries & be mentally prepared for no powersupply during day hours.Roads are very bad if taken the NH1A towards Pathankot & than taken a diversion after Chichimata temple( Shakti pitt).
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The view from the tourist guest house balcony at Mansar..........................
Mansar is a beautiful lake fringed by forest covered hills,over a mile in length &half a mile in width. Besides being a popular tourist destination in Samba district of Jammu,its a holy site, sharing the legends & sanctity of lake Manasarovar.On the eastern bank of the lake ,there's a shrine of Sheshnag( a mythological Snake god with 6 head). Newly weds, consider it auspicious to perform the 3 circum ambulation(Parikrama) around the lake to seek the blessings of Sheshnag. Itsaround 3kms stretch & took us approx. an hour+ to walk around its pathway.
The pathway for the parikrama of the Mansar lake...
Location :62kms from Jammu City via NH1A.
Altitude:666mts above mean sea level.
Area:1229 Kanal.
Depth:37mts approx.
Weather: cool & no polution.............total serenity all around.
Time from Jammu : 2hrs+.
The JKTDC guest house ,Mansar......
Besides Mansar Lake , there's another lake Surinsar (approx.9kms away) & the whole route pass thru' the Surinsar wild life santuary across hilly terrain & few view points are worth stopping over. Hardly any eattery as such on the way .. The JKTDC Resort Guest rooms/ huts are very ill maintained & they are only the owner of the whole property. Some people just prefer to strole around on the resort bank of the lake instead & walk away ,others just prefer to visit the original Sheshnag temple on the other bank & do the rituals & take dip in the lake. But someone like us ,if prefers to stay a night at the resort ,would surely get a feeling of a ghost bunglow stay which have hardly been used over a period of time...No doubt , the food was good. The serenity around was quite refreshing though.... The gardens were really well maintained & are full of beautiful rose blooms & other seasonal flowering plants.... The Mansar lake is home to Mahashir fishes & big turtles & are worshipped & fed by all devotees thronging to the shrine.
The R. Tawi, flowing across the beautiful landscape..
Word of caution: Should carry own food if planning a day trip orelse JKTDC resort has a resturant which serves only Veg. food. If one intend to stay a night at the tourist cottage/ huts are recommended to carry your own bedsheet & toiletries & be mentally prepared for no powersupply during day hours.Roads are very bad if taken the NH1A towards Pathankot & than taken a diversion after Chichimata temple( Shakti pitt).
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