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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roopkund" title="Roopkund – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Roopkund" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1" title="রূপকুণ্ড – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="রূপকুণ্ড" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roopkund" title="Roopkund – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Roopkund" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1" title="रूपकुंड – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="रूपकुंड" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BAp_Kund" title="Rúp Kund – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Rúp Kund" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roopkund_Lake" title="Roopkund Lake – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Roopkund Lake" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roopkund" title="Roopkund – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Roopkund" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roopkund" title="Roopkund – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Roopkund" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%82%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A1" title="રૂપકુંડ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="રૂપકુંડ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1" title="रूपकुण्ड – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="रूपकुण्ड" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roopkund" title="Roopkund – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Roopkund" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93" title="רופקונד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="רופקונד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%82%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A1" title="ರೂಪಕುಂಡ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ರೂಪಕುಂಡ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%82" title="രൂപ്കുണ്ഡ് തടാകം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="രൂപ്കുണ്ഡ് തടാകം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roopkund" title="Roopkund – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Roopkund" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1" title="रुपकुण्ड – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="रुपकुण्ड" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97%E3%82%AF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E6%B9%96" title="ループクンド湖 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ループクンド湖" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a 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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Lake in Uttarakhand, India</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Mystery Lake</li><li>Skeleton Lake</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="line-height: 1.2; border-bottom: 1px solid #cedeff;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roopkund_Lake.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Roopkund lake in August 2014" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Roopkund_Lake.jpg/264px-Roopkund_Lake.jpg" decoding="async" width="264" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Roopkund_Lake.jpg/396px-Roopkund_Lake.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Roopkund_Lake.jpg/528px-Roopkund_Lake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Lake in August 2014</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="line-height: 1.2; border-bottom: 1px solid #cedeff;"><div 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class="infobox-label">Average depth</th><td class="infobox-data">3 metres (9.8 ft)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">4,536 metres (14,882 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="18" data-overlays="["_8f5fdacc51ff7810445e6adea0622da17163a500"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,18,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Roopkund&revid=1270440909&groups=_8f5fdacc51ff7810445e6adea0622da17163a500" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,18,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Roopkund&revid=1270440909&groups=_8f5fdacc51ff7810445e6adea0622da17163a500 2x" alt="Map" /></a></th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Roopkund</b> (locally known as <b>Mystery Lake</b> or <b>Skeleton Lake</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-mystery_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mystery-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a high altitude <a href="/wiki/Glacial_lake" title="Glacial lake">glacial lake</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a> state of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It lies in the lap of <a href="/wiki/Trisul" title="Trisul">Trishul</a> <a href="/wiki/Massif" title="Massif">massif</a>. Located in the <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a>, the area around the lake is uninhabited and is roughly at an altitude of 5,020 metres (16,470 ft),<sup id="cite_ref-mystery_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mystery-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> surrounded by rock-strewn glaciers and snow-clad mountains. Roopkund is a popular trekking destination.<sup id="cite_ref-play_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-play-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The size of the lake varies substantially, but it is seldom more than 40 metres in diameter (1000 to 1500 square metres in area), and is frozen in the winter.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With a depth of about three metres, Roopkund is widely known for the hundreds of human <a href="/wiki/Skeleton" title="Skeleton">skeletons</a> found at the edge of the lake.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The human skeletal remains are visible at its bottom when the snow melts.<sup id="cite_ref-sati_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sati-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initial investigations led some to believe they were the remains of a semi-legendary event when a single group was killed in a sudden and violent <a href="/wiki/Hailstorm" class="mw-redirect" title="Hailstorm">hailstorm</a> in the 9th century,<sup id="cite_ref-Obscura_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obscura-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but scientific research has subsequently shown that the remains belong to three distinct groups who died in two independent events; around 800 CE and 1800 CE respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-Ancient_DNA_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ancient_DNA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of the human remains, the lake has been called "Skeleton Lake" in recent times.<sup id="cite_ref-today_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-today-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Human_skeletons">Human skeletons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roopkund&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Human skeletons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Human_Skeletons_in_Roopkund_Lake.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Human_Skeletons_in_Roopkund_Lake.jpg/220px-Human_Skeletons_in_Roopkund_Lake.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Human_Skeletons_in_Roopkund_Lake.jpg/330px-Human_Skeletons_in_Roopkund_Lake.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Human_Skeletons_in_Roopkund_Lake.jpg/440px-Human_Skeletons_in_Roopkund_Lake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2920" data-file-height="2044" /></a><figcaption>Human skeletons at Roopkund Lake</figcaption></figure> <p>Skeletons were rediscovered in 1942 by a forest ranger of the <a href="/wiki/Nanda_Devi_National_Park" title="Nanda Devi National Park">Nanda Devi National Park</a>, named Hari Kishan Madhwal.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At first, <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a> authorities feared that the skeletons represented casualties of a hidden Japanese invasion force, but it was found that the skeletons were far too old to be Japanese soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-Obscura_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obscura-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The skeletons are visible in the clear water of the shallow lake during one month when the ice melts.<sup id="cite_ref-mystery_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mystery-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with the skeletons, wooden artefacts, iron spearheads, leather slippers,<sup id="cite_ref-riddle_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riddle-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and rings were also found. When a team from <i><a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Geographic (magazine)">National Geographic</a></i> retrieved about 30 skeletons in 2003, flesh was still attached to some of them.<sup id="cite_ref-mystery_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mystery-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="King_Jasdhaval"></span> </p><p>Local legend says that the King of <a href="/wiki/Kanauj" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanauj">Kanauj</a>, Raja Jasdhaval, with his pregnant wife, Rani Balampa, their servants, a dance troupe and others went on a pilgrimage to <a href="/wiki/Nanda_Devi" title="Nanda Devi">Nanda Devi</a> shrine, and the group faced a storm with large hailstones, from which the entire party perished near Roopkund Lake.<sup id="cite_ref-missing1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-missing1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-legend_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-legend-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Identification">Identification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roopkund&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Identification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Remnants belonging to more than 300 people have been found. The <a href="/wiki/Anthropological_Survey_of_India" title="Anthropological Survey of India">Anthropological Survey of India</a> conducted a study of the skeletons during the 1950s and some samples are displayed at the Anthropological Survey of India Museum, <a href="/wiki/Dehradun" title="Dehradun">Dehradun</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-protect_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-protect-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The studies of the skeletons revealed head injuries;<sup id="cite_ref-Pant_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pant-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> according to some sources,<sup id="cite_ref-tele_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tele-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> these injuries were caused by round objects from above, and were the common cause of death amongst the deceased. Those researchers concluded that the victims had been caught in a sudden hailstorm, just as described in local legends and songs.<sup id="cite_ref-Obscura_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obscura-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tele_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tele-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating" title="Radiocarbon dating">Radiocarbon dating</a> of the bones at <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a>'s Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit determined the time of death to be 850 CE ±30 years.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> More recently, radiocarbon dating combined with genome-wide analysis of 38 individuals from Roopkund Lake, found that the remains are from different eras and belong to three distinct groups.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ancient_DNA_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ancient_DNA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A group of 23 individuals (dated ~800 CE) had typical South Asian ancestry, one individual (dated ~1800 CE) had Southeast Asian ancestry, and 14 individuals (dated ~1800 CE) had ancestry typical of the eastern <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean</a>, and specifically of present-day people from <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Greece#Mainland" title="Geography of Greece">mainland Greece</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ancient_DNA_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ancient_DNA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those findings counter the theory that the individuals died in a single catastrophic event. The radiocarbon dating further suggests that the older, South Asian remains were deposited over an extended period of time, while the younger, eastern Mediterranean and Southeast Asian remains were deposited during a single event.<sup id="cite_ref-Ancient_DNA_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ancient_DNA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conservation_concerns">Conservation concerns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roopkund&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Conservation concerns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is growing concern about the regular loss of skeletons and it is feared that, if steps are not taken to conserve them, the skeletons may gradually vanish in the years to come.<sup id="cite_ref-vanish_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanish-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is reported that tourists visiting the area are in the habit of taking back the bones in large numbers and the district administration has expressed the need to protect the area.<sup id="cite_ref-protect_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-protect-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district magistrate of Chamoli District has reported that tourists, trekkers, and curious researchers are transporting the skeletons on <a href="/wiki/Mule" title="Mule">mules</a> and recommended that the area should be protected.<sup id="cite_ref-missing1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-missing1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Government agencies have made efforts to develop the area as an eco-tourism destination to protect the skeletons.<sup id="cite_ref-eco_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eco-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roopkund&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bedni_Bugal_on_way_to_roopkund.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Bedni_Bugal_on_way_to_roopkund.jpg/220px-Bedni_Bugal_on_way_to_roopkund.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Bedni_Bugal_on_way_to_roopkund.jpg/330px-Bedni_Bugal_on_way_to_roopkund.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Bedni_Bugal_on_way_to_roopkund.jpg/440px-Bedni_Bugal_on_way_to_roopkund.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="639" /></a><figcaption>Trekking path to Roopkund, passing near <a href="/wiki/Bedni_Bugyal" title="Bedni Bugyal">Bedni Bugyal</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Roopkund is a picturesque tourist destination and one of the important places for trekking in <a href="/wiki/Chamoli_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamoli District">Chamoli District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a>, near the base of two Himalayan peaks: <a href="/wiki/Trisul" title="Trisul">Trisul</a> (7,120 m) and <a href="/wiki/Nanda_Ghunti" title="Nanda Ghunti">Nanda Ghunti</a> (6,310 m).<sup id="cite_ref-important_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-important-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lake is flanked by a rock face named Junargali to the North and a peak named Chandania Kot to the East. A religious festival is held at the alpine meadow of <a href="/wiki/Bedni_Bugyal" title="Bedni Bugyal">Bedni Bugyal</a> every autumn with nearby villages participating. A larger celebration, the <a href="/wiki/Nanda_Devi_Raj_Jat" title="Nanda Devi Raj Jat">Nanda Devi Raj Jat</a>, takes place once every twelve years at Roopkund, during which Goddess Nanda is worshipped.<sup id="cite_ref-important_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-important-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lake is covered with ice for most of the year, with the best time to trek being in autumn (mid-September to October). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roopkund&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Roopkund's skeletons were featured in a <i><a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_Society" title="National Geographic Society">National Geographic</a></i> documentary, "Riddles of the Dead: Skeleton Lake".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> India's <a href="/wiki/Centre_for_Cellular_and_Molecular_Biology" title="Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology">Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology</a> (CCMB) commissioned the documentary <i>The Mysterious Frozen Lake in the Himalayas</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where a scientific team and a film crew try to investigate the lake. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roopkund&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_unsolved_deaths" title="List of unsolved deaths">List of unsolved deaths</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roopkund&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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