REVALSAR LAKE
(Inter Faith Shrines)
About 25 km from Mandi, and
14 km from Ner Chowk is the Revalsar Lake, famous for its floating islands
of reed. It is maintaned that all seven of them can be moved by prayer
or breeze. Here are three shrines - a Buddhist monastery, where elaborate
rituals are performed, a sikh gurdwara and a Hindu temple. It was from
this place that the Sage Padma Sambhava, a zealours teacher of Buddhism,
left as a missionary to preach the doctrine of "The Enlightened" in Tibet.
Lying in a mountain hollow, the lake is held sacred to all three communities
boating facilities are available. Tourist Inn maintained by H.P Tourism
provide acccomodating and Indian cuisine. |