Just a few miles away from Minaak, beyond the nine-story tower of the spirit shrine, there was a lake called Prem Sarovar. Surrounded by the colorful spirit maple trees and all sorts of flowers, so fragrant that passerby couldn't help but attract towards the little orchard, the place was the Mana-Sarovar ( the lake of water nymphs) of Minaak.
Ayaan, the late lord of Garuna, used to come here with his gorgeous queen, Manavi. After taking bath in the crystal-clear water of the lake, Manavi would sit beside the lake with her exquisite feet playing with the water, and Lord Ayaan would make braids of waist-long hair, interlocking freshly plucked flowers in them.
They would sit there embracing each other for hours.
After the death of Ayaan and Manavi, Oman had incremated them together according to the Old Ways on the bank of the lake.
Oman had invited the best sculptor from Vaishali to make the statues of the departed lovers.
