Gurudongmar Lake

Gurudongmar Lake
Buddhist Holy Lake -Gurudongmar Lake
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Location	Mangan District, Sikkim, India
Coordinates	28°01′N 88°43′E / 28.02°N 88.71°E / 28.02; 88.71
Basin countries	Sikkim, India
Max. length	Gurudongmar Lakeʍ
Surface area	118 hectares (290 acres)
Shore length1	5.34 kilometres (3.32 mi)
Surface elevation	16,909 ft (5,154 m)
Settlements	Mangan, North Sikkim 122 km. Lachen, North Sikkim 67 km.
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world and in India, at an elevation of 5,430 m (17,800 ft) according to the Government of Sikkim.^[1][2][a] It is located in the Great Himalayas in the Mangan District in Indian state of Sikkim,^[1] and considered sacred by Buddhists and Sikhs. The lake is named after Guru Padmasambhava—also known as Guru Rinpoche—founder of Tibetan Buddhism, who visited in the 8th century.

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