Panch Sarovar
According to Hindu theology, there are five sacred lakes; collectively called the Panch Sarovar or Panch-Sarovar: Mansarovar, Siddhpur, Bindu Sarovar, Narayan Sarovar, Pampa Sarovar and Pushkar Lake, Pushkar Sarovar. They are also mentioned in Shrimad Bhagavata Purana.
Encyclopaedia of tourism resources in India, Volume 2 By Manohar Sajnani Four of the lakes are in India, while Manasarovar is in Tibet.

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Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. The term ''"Hindu"'' traces back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name ''Sindhu'' (सिन्धु ), referring to the river Indus. The Greek cognates of the same terms are "''Indus''" (for the river) and "''India''" (for the land of the river). The term "''Hindu''" also implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent around or beyond the Sindhu (Indus) River. By the 16th century CE, the term began to refer to residents of the subcontinent who were not Turkic or Muslims. Hindoo is an archaic spelling variant, whose use today is considered derogatory. The historical development of Hindu self-identity within the local In ...
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