Mana

Mana is a small village 3km from Badrinath, the last settlement on the road leading to the Indo-Tibetan border. Pilgrims pass through the village on their way to various sites such as the Bhim Pul a huge rock bridge from which the Saraswati River shoots out. The Mahabharata, a major Sanskrit epic of ancient India was purportedly written in a cave in Mana.