Rewalsar

Rewalsar is a small town on the banks of Lake Rewalsar in . The lake at Rewalsar is believed to be the place where Guru Rinpoche was placed on a burning funeral pyre by the king of Zahor, but instead of being consumed by the flames he transformed the fire into a lake.
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  • Type: Town with 1,370 residents
  • Description: town in Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, India
  • Also known as: Rawālsar”, “Rewalsar, India”, and “Tso Pema
  • Postal code: 175023

Rewalsar

Latitude
31.6325° or 31° 37′ 57″ north
Longitude
76.8333° or 76° 49′ 60″ east
Population
1,370
Elevation
1,303 metres (4,275 feet)
Open location code
8J3RJRJM+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1187799389
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Geo­Names ID
10732391
Wiki­data ID
Q2317112
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Rewalsar” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: রাওয়ালসার
  • Bishnupriya: রাৱালসার
  • Chinese: Rawalsar
  • Chinese: 拉瓦尔萨尔
  • Chinese: 拉瓦爾薩爾
  • Dutch: Rawalsar
  • French: Rewalsar
  • German: Rewalsar
  • Hindi: रिवालसर
  • Irish: Rewalsar
  • Italian: Rawalsar
  • Malay: Rawalsar
  • Min Nan Chinese: Rawalsar
  • Mirandese: Rawalsar
  • Panjabi: ਰਿਵਾਲਸਰ
  • Polish: Rewalsar
  • Portuguese: Rawalsar
  • Russian: Ревалсар
  • Spanish: Rawalsar
  • Vietnamese: Rawalsar
  • Western Panjabi: ریوالسر

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Rewalsar”. Photo: Manu moudgil, CC BY-SA 4.0.