Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.729

c6.729

Vindusarovara.—The Yoginītantra mentions it (2. 5. 141ff.). It is situated on the Rudra Himalaya, two miles south of Gaṅgotrī where Bhagīratha is said to have performed asceticism for bringing down the Gaṅgā from heaven (Rāmāyaṇa, I, 43; Matsyapurāṇa, Ch. 121). The Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa (Ch. 51) points out that this lake or sarovara is situated on the north of the Kailāsa range. (N. L. Dey, Geographical Dictionary, 2nd ed., p. 38).