{"id":99216,"date":"2026-04-20T13:23:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=99216"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:01:21","slug":"mansar-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mansar-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Mansar Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mansar Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A senior police officer recently reviewed security measures at Mansar Lake, a prominent tourist destination in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mansar Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> freshwater lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the Samba district of <\/span><b>Jammu and Kashmir,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> around 62 kilometers from Jammu city and about 19 kilometers from Samba town.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies in the <\/span><b>foothills of the Shivalik<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> range.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>oval in shape<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and surrounded by green hills and forests.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>one of the largest lakes in the region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with a length of about 1 km and a width of about 0.5 km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake is mainly <\/span><b>fed by rainwater and underground springs.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been a <\/span><b>center of faith<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for many generations.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the eastern side of the lake stands the <\/span><b>Sheshnag Temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where <\/span><b>devotees offer milk and prayers to the serpent god.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other temples such as <\/span><b>Durga Temple and Umapati Mahadev Temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are also located around the lake.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mansar Lake is <\/span><b>ecologically rich<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, housing about <\/span><b>207 species of algae<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and supporting diverse fauna including several species of <\/span><b>fish and waterfowl.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Together with its twin lake, Surinsar,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it was <\/span><b>designated under Ramsar Convention <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in November 2005.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/security-arrangements-reviewed-at-mansar-lake-in-j-ks-samba\/2909024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>PRINT<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mansar Lake is a freshwater lake located in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, around 62 kilometers from Jammu city and about 19 kilometers from Samba town. 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