{"id":91940,"date":"2026-03-10T13:47:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=91940"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:57:57","slug":"gurudongmar-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gurudongmar-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Gurudongmar Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Gurudongmar Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tourism to the high-altitude Gurudongmar Lake in North Sikkim has begun to revive after more than two years of disruption following the devastating South Lhonak Lake GLOF, which severely damaged road infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Gurudongmar Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located on the <\/span><b>northern-most edge of Sikkim,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> very <\/span><b>close to the Chinese Tibetan border.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>one of the highest lakes in the world and in India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, located at an altitude of 17,800 ft (<\/span><b>5,430 m).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is spread out over 290 acres and is <\/span><b>surrounded by snow-covered mountain ranges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> all around.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake is primarily <\/span><b>fed by glaciers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is a <\/span><b>source stream for the Tso Lahmu Lake <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that <\/span><b>later forms the source of the Teesta<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>considered sacred by Buddhists, Sikhs, and Hindus.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake is <\/span><b>named after Guru Padmasambhava<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014also known as <\/span><b>Guru Rinpoche<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><b>founder of Tibetan Buddhism.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Guru Padmasambhava<\/b> <b>visited the lake in the 8th century <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the way back from Tibet.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Even in extreme winters, a part of this lake never freezes.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The myth behind this is that Guru Padmasambhava had once touched and consecrated this lake and made it partially frozen throughout the year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eastmojo.com\/sikkim\/2026\/03\/09\/sikkim-gurudongmar-lake-tourism-resumes-after-887-days-since-glof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gurudongmar Lake is located on the northern-most edge of Sikkim, very close to the Chinese Tibetan border. 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