The Gosainkund area is named after
the primary attraction which is several high altitude lakes. It is a very holy
religious site for both Buddhists and Hindus. Several legends exist concerning
the formation of the lake. One commonly accepted version simple described here
mentions Gods trying to obtain immortality from the ocean. As a result, the
ocean became unbalanced and poisons rose to the surface. Then the Hindu god
Lord Shiva sacrificed himself after seeing the poisons and drank it. He became very
ill and thirsty so he traveled into the Himalayas and created the lakes by
piercing the snow covered mountainside to obtain pure water to cure a terrible
sickness and thirst. There are five or more lakes at the area called Gosainkund
but the two largest lakes are referred to the most. The are roughly 14,000 feet
in elevation. They lie on a ridge just off the crest and the waters collected
here by the snows forms the headwaters of the Trisuli River.
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