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Suraj Tal Lake in Bara-lacha la Pass

Suraj Tal Lake also called Surya taal, is 8 km long, a sacred body of water, means the Lake of the Sun God, and lies just below the Bara-lacha-la pass (4,890m) in the Lahaul and Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh state in India and is the third highest lake in India, and the 21st-highest in the world. It is 65 km from Keylong, the district headquarters of the Lahaul Spiti district.

 

Bara-lacha la also known as Bara-lacha Pass, or Bārā Lācha La (el. 4,890 m or 16,040 ft) is a high mountain pass in Zanskar range, connecting Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, situated along the Leh–Manali Highway (NH 21).

 

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Uploaded on August 10, 2019
Taken on June 29, 2019