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It lies in the Kailash Range (Gangdisê Mountains) of the Transhimalaya, in the western part of the Tibetan Plateau. The peak of Mount Kailash is located at an elevation of 6,638 m (21,778 ft), north of the western trijunction of the border between China, India and Nepal . Mount Kailash is located close to Manasarovar and Rakshastal lakes.
- Adi Kailash
Adi Kailash (Kumaoni: आदि कैलाश), also known as Shiva...
- Kailash (Disambiguation)
Kailash is a mountain in Tibet, considered to be sacred in...
- Swarga Loka
Svarga (Sanskrit: स्वर्गम्, lit. 'abode of light', IAST:...
- Om Parvat
Adi Kailash Yatra Circuit. The Adi Kailash or Shiva Kailash...
- Gangdise Shan
The second highest peak, Mount Kailash (6,638 meters or...
- Lake Rakshastal
Lake Rakshastal (Tibetan: ལག་ངར་མཚོ; Sanskrit: राक्षसताल,...
- Adi Kailash
Mount Kailash is a 6,638 metres (21,778 ft) mountain in the Gangdise Shan mountain range in Tibet. [1] Mount Kailash is also known as Kangrinboqe and Gongdisi Shan. [2] In Hinduism and Buddhism, Kailash, or Mt. Meru, is sacred. [3] [1] Hindus believe Kailash is the home of Lord Shiva and his wife Parvati and sons Ganesh and Kartikeya.
- 6,638 m (21,778 ft)
- China
- 1,319 m (4,327 ft)
- Gangdisê Range
Mount Kailash (Kailāśa), a.k.a. "Gang Rinpoche" (T. གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ), is a sacred mountain in southwestern Tibet. Andrew Quintman states: Kailāśa (Kailash) is one of Asia’s preeminent sacred mountains. It is located in southwestern Tibet near the borders of India and Nepal. By Himalayan standards Mount Kailāśa is ...
Mount Kailash is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies in the Kailash Range of the Transhimalaya, in the western part of the Tibetan Plateau. The peak of Mount Kailash is located at an elevation of 6,638 m (21,778 ft), north of the western trijunction of the border between China, India and Nepal.
Kailasha. Kailasha or Kailasa ( IAST: Kailāsa) is the celestial abode of the Hindu god Shiva. It is traditionally recognized as a mountain where Shiva resides along with his consort Parvati, and their children, Ganesha and Kartikeya. [1] Mount Kailash, located in the Transhimalaya, in the western part of the Tibetan Plateau, is considered as a ...
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- Mount Kailash is 6,656 meters high. Mount Kailash is a mere 6,638 meters (21,778 feet) above sea level, the most famous peak of the Kailash Mountain Range.
- Mount Kailash is a virgin (unclimbed) mountain. Mount Kailash is more than 2,000 meters lower than the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. However, no one has ever climbed to Mount Kailash's summit.
- Kailash is a sacred mountain for four religions. Mount Kailash is the sacred mountain for four religions: Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, Bön, and Jainism.
- The top of Mount Kailash is a pyramid. Observers theorized that the top of Mount Kailash was a huge ancient manmade pyramid rather than a mountain. According to preliminary estimates, the direct height of the pyramid is 1,800 meters (5,900 feet), compared with up to 146 meters 480 feet) in Egypt.
Understand. Chortens and Mount Kailash. This mountain is considered holy by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. In ancient texts, it is referred to as the center of the world. The reason can be understood from the geographical significance of its place: within a 30 mi (48 km) radius are the sources of mighty rivers Indus (to the north, called "Sindhu ...
