As I stated elsewhere, these Sthala Purdpas claim all the sacred spots in the three worlds as being present in their locality. The real Uttara M&nasa is a twin-lake of Payoda and Pugdarika. It is modem Karakul in northern Pamirs (AGP.70), while Southern Manasa is the twin take Manasa-sarovara and Rak$asa Tala of the Kailasa range. But this Pur&na claims two ponds at Gaya as representing those two magnificent lakes. The Uttara-manasa tank is now a neglected 'filthy and weedy tank9 (Vidyarthi 21). Even Daksugia M&nasa, Kanakhala and Udici Tirtha are partially neglected (Vidyarthi, p. 19, Table 3).