Legend goes: On Almighty's directives a great upheaval took place. It changed the very shape of the then evil earth. Torrential rains flooded it. Everything submerged only Noah (the prophet of Jews, Christians and Muslims). Or Manu (as he is referred to by Hindu scriptures) and ark full of fauna braved the storms. After seven days of this ordeal came the calm and with it the ark landed in a green picturesque valley, amidst the freshly risen Himalayas. That valley came to be known as Manuallaya, the mountain of Manu over time nothing of this beautiful valley changed except its name. Today the world refers to it as Manali, the valley of Gods.