SUNRISE AT MOUNT KAILASH-ACRYLICS ON CAVASDONE N THE IMPRESSIONISTIC STLE WITH PALLETKNIFES. Lake Manasarovar and Mount Kailash are believed to be the abode of Shiva. This is where the holy river the Ganges is believed to be tamed by Shiva and sent to nourish the fertile valleys below the Himalayas. It is sometimes conflated with Meru. There is no mention of Manasarovar lake or its location in Vedic literature, or ancient Sanskrit and Prakrit texts. Though colonial era and modern texts state Kailash-Manasarovar to be among the most sacred sites of Indian religions, particularly Hinduism, this status is not found in early Indian texts prior to mid to late 1st-millennium texts.[5][6] Instead, the early Buddhist, Hindu and Jaina texts mention a mythical Mount Meru and lake Manasa. The mythical Manasa lake is described as one created through the mind of Brahma, thereafter associated with Brahma and as the preferred abode of his vahana hamsa. Considered to be sacred, the hamsa is an important element in the symbology of the subcontinent, representing wisdom and beauty.Product Code-ART_6175_64702