Bhrigu Lake

Bhrigu Lake is a lake located at an elevation of around 4,300 metres (14,100 ft) in Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is located to the east of Rohtang Pass and is around 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Gulaba village. It can be reached by trekking either from the Vashishth temple, which is famous for its hot water springs, which is close to the town of Manali or from Gulaba village. Actually there is no settlement in Gulaba and is actually an area of the Pir Panjal mountain range. It is named after Maharishi Bhrigu.

Legend has it that the sage used to mediate near the lake and hence it has been rendered sacred; the locals believe that due to this the lake never freezes completely.

          Bhrigu Lake is a popular water body holding religious significance to the Hindus. The lake is nestled amid the Great Himalayas and its banks are believed to be the site where Rishi Bhrigu, one of the seven renonwed sages of the Hindu religion, meditated while residing on the Earth. It is also believed that this was the site where he wrote the Bhrigu Samhita, an astrological manuscript with predictions of the future and records of the past. A natural spring known as the Nehru Kund, which is fed by the Bhirgu Lake, adds to the attraction of the place.

A natural forest of fir, spruce, moru and the higher altitude kharsu oak trees surrounds Naggar, from where the trek starts. During the early 1960s, swatches of the forest were cleared under a mechanized logging scheme. Later, fir, spruce, maple and poplar were planted which are now domi¬nant in these stretches.