Gurudongmar Lake: Difference between revisions

Gurudongmar Lake at 5200M above sea level is one of the highest lakes in the world. The drive to this lake is one of the most picturesque in all of Sikkim. Along the drive the landscape is a beautiful, lush green until you reach Thangu where, as you climb higher, the tree line disappears and the lush green panoramas turn into a barren and foreboding landscape. Frozen for most of the year the lake is fabled as the site where both Guru Nanak and Guru Rinpoche are said to have paused while traveling through the region. These two men of God, Guru Nanak and Guru Rinpoche, are said to have helped the locals with sourcing water from the lake.

In the lake, which is seemingly frozen solid, there is one spot that never freezes, the place where Guru Nanak bathed. That spot is considered 'amrit'. Beyond the lake we find the armed forces stationed in bunkers, some of which are located as high as 22,000 ft.—higher than even the Siachen glacier.

Truly amazing is the site of small tanks stationed at this height in the mountains of Sikkim. The area being a plateau, is probably the only place where tanks can be used effectively at such a high altitude.

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