Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Mana





Mana is 4 km northwest of Badrinath near the Tibet border. This is where Vyasadeva's cave is located. He is said to have divided the Vedas into four parts and compiled many Puranas here. The front of the cave is painted white, and there is a deity of Vyasadeva in the cave. Nearby is Ganesh's cave where Ganeshji sat and scribed down all Vedas spoken by Vyasaadev. There are rocks here that look like layers of paper and are said to represent his works of writing down the Mahabharata and Srimad Bhagavatam. Vyasadeva narrated these works, and Ganesh wrote them down, under the condition that Vyasadeva would not stop reciting.

Near this location, Lord Siva narrated the glories of the Himalayas to the sage Skanda, who wrote the Skanda Purana.

The Bhima and Mucukund caves are located just above the cave of Vyasadeva. Down below is Bhima Pul (Bhima's bridge), which Bhima is said to have made from a huge stone slab, so his brothers and Draupadi could cross the Saraswati River safely

The Saraswati River emerges from a glacier north of Mana, touches Vyasa Gupha, and then merges into the river Alakananda at nearby Keshav Prayag . About three km from Bhima Pul is Vasudhara Falls,which are more than 44m (135 ft) high.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana,_India
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Mana+badrinath
https://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=Mana+badrinath

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