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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox mountain pass<br />
| name = Mana Pass<br />
| photo = Mana Village, Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India.jpeg<br />
| photo_caption = Mana Village, Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India<br />
| elevation_m = 5632<br />
| elevation_ref = <br>([[SRTM]]2)<br />
| traversed = <br />
| map = Tibetan Plateau<br />
| map_caption = Location of Mana Pass<br />
| map_relief = 1<br />
| location = [[China]]–[[India]] border<br />
| coords = {{coord|31|04|06|N|79|25|00|E|type:pass|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| range = [[Garhwal Himalayas]]<br />
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'''Mana Pass''' is one of the [[Extreme points of Earth|highest vehicle-accessible passes in the world]], containing a road constructed in the 2005-2010 period for the Indian military by the [[Border Roads Organisation]] and visible on 2011 imagery on visual globe systems such as [[Google Earth]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sharma|first1=Seema|title=Women bikers attempt record at Mana Pass|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Women-bikers-attempt-record-at-Mana-Pass/articleshow/49277548.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref> The well-graded gravel-dirt road is higher on the Indian side than the new road on the Tibetan side, and rises to {{convert|5610|m|ft|0}} on the Indian side of the border, 250 m west of the low point of the {{convert|5632|m|ft|0}} Mana Pass [[SRTM]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
{{ see also | Nelang#Geo | l1= Geography of Jadh Ganga and tributaries }}<br />
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Mana Pass is located within the [[Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve]], 47&nbsp;km north of the town of [[Mana, India]] and 52&nbsp;km north of the Hindu [[pilgrimage]] town of [[Badrinath]] in [[Uttarakhand]]. It is the source of the Saraswati River, the longest stem of one of the longest [[Ganges]] tributaries, the [[Alaknanda River]].<ref name=toi>{{Cite web<br />
|url = http://www.tourism-of-india.com/mana.html<br />
|title = Tourism in Mana, India <!-- |authorurl=http://www.tourism-of-india.com/about-us.html there is no author cited--><br />
|location = New Delhi, India<br />
|access-date = 2009-06-23<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090413205345/http://www.tourism-of-india.com/mana.html<br />
|archive-date = 2009-04-13<br />
}}</ref> That river trickles through several scenic small ponds between the pass and Lake Deo Tal three km southwest of the pass. Mana pass is also the [[key col]] for climbing [[Chaukhamba]] peak.<br />
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Mana as a name derives from "Manibhadra Ashram", the ancient name of the town of Mana.<ref name=toi /><br />
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==History==<br />
Mana Pass was an ancient trade route between [[Uttarakhand]] and Tibet. Mana Pass led from Badrinath to the kingdom, now province, of [[Guge]] in Tibet. The Portuguese [[Jesuits]] [[António de Andrade]] and [[Manuel Marques (Guge)|Manuel Marques]] became the first known [[Europe]]ans to enter Tibet across Mana Pass in 1624. The pass continued as a minor trade route until its closure in 1951 by the Chinese. On April 29, 1954, [[China]] and [[India]] signed an agreement granting pilgrims and indigenous travelers the right to travel between the two countries through Mana Pass.<br />
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==Access==<br />
The pass is reached from the south by an extension of [[National Highway 7 (India)|India National Highway 7]] (NH-7, old number NH-58) that connects [[Fazilka]] with [[Badrinath]], though beyond Badrinath the graded road is subject to landslides. Group of enthusiast motorcycle riders often can be seen on this road. Free Souls Rider Motorcycle Club was first non military citizens to scale the heights of Mana Pass and hold the record in The Limca Book Of Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.limcabookofrecords.in|title=Limca Book of Records|website=www.limcabookofrecords.in}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* Holdich, Sir Thomas H; Tibet the Mysterious, (1906) University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts<br />
* MacGregor, John. Tibet: A Chronicle of Exploration, (1970) Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, SBN 7100-6615-5<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://bameduniya.tripod.com/tradingroutes.html Trading Routes of the Himalayas]<br />
*[http://www.tpprc.org/documents/agreements/1954.pdf Agreement Between India and China]<br />
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