Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; Kangrinboqê or Gang Rinpoche; Standard Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; simplified Chinese: 冈仁波齐峰; traditional Chinese: 岡仁波齊峰; pinyin: Gāngrénbōqí Fēng; Sanskrit: कैलास, IAST: Kailāsa) is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. 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. The sources of four rivers: Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, and Karnali lie in the vicinity of the region. Mount Kailash is considered sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Bon religion. People from India, China, Nepal and other countries undertake pilgrimage to the mountain.
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MountKailash (also Kailasa; Kangrinboqê or Gang Rinpoche; Standard Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; simplified Chinese: 冈仁波齐峰; traditional Chinese: 岡仁波齊峰; pinyin:...
cuò) locally, is a high altitude freshwater lake fed by the Kailash Glaciers near MountKailash in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region...
Panch Kailash or "Five Kailashas", other being MountKailash in first place, Shikhar Kailash (Shrikhand Mahadev Kailash) in third, Kinnaur Kailash in fourth...
Panch Kailash or "Five Kailashas", other being MountKailash in first place, Adi Kailash in second, Shikhar Kailash (Shrikhand Mahadev Kailash) in third...
able to make it. The Hindu epic Ramayana describes Kailash and Lake Manasarovar located in the Mount Meru as places unlike anywhere in the world. Vishnu...
benevolent aspect of the Hindu god Shiva, depicted seated on his abode MountKailash with his consort Parvati, while the rakshasa-king (demon-king) Ravana...
as Mount Olympus in Greek mythology) or are related to famous events (like Mount Sinai in Judaism and descendant religions or MountKailash, Mount Meru...
with his consort Parvati, and their children, Ganesha and Kartikeya. MountKailash, located in the Transhimalaya, in the western part of the Tibetan Plateau...
revered on par with spiritually most powerful place on the planet - MountKailash, the legendary abode of Shiva. On the top of the Velliangiri Mountains...
Kailasa Puranam and Manmiam works note it as Dakshina/Then Kailasam (MountKailash of the South) for its longitudinal position and pre-eminence, it lies...
East of Kailash is a residential neighborhood in South Delhi, India. Its neighboring areas are Kailash Colony, Kailash Hills, MountKailash Apartments...
Panch Kailash or "Five Kailashas", other being MountKailash in first place, Adi Kailash in second, Shikhar Kailash (Shrikhand Mahadev Kailash) in third...
some have shrines erected at the summit or base. Mount Kunlun fills a similar role in China. MountKailash is holy to Hinduism and several religions in Tibet...
Autonomous Region, China, lying just west of Lake Manasarovar and south of MountKailash. The Sutlej River (also known by the Tibetan name Langqen Zangbo in...
hold such mountains as sacred and should remain inviolate. Of those, MountKailash, a mountain in the Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China...
to Adi Kailash in Kuthi Valley often make a diversion at Gunji to view Om Parvat. Om Parvat is located east of Nabhi Dhang camp on MountKailash-Lake Manasarovar...
Sarasvati River (Ghaggar River), Narmada, etc. Holy mountains: such as MountKailash, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri, Sarasvatotri, etc. Holy...
The 3,120 km (1,940 mi) river rises in mountain springs northeast of MountKailash in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the disputed region of Kashmir...
Panch Kailash or "Five Kailashas", other being MountKailash in first place, Adi Kailash in second, Kinnaur Kailash in fouth and Manimahesh Kailash in fifth...
legendary beliefs, Sage Narada visited the celestial court of Shiva at MountKailash to present to him a fruit, the gnana-palam (literally, the fruit of...
"Ravananugraha", which was popular in the Gupta era. It depicts Ravana beneath MountKailash playing a veena made out of his head and hands, and strings made out...
the 15th longest. It originates in the Manasarovar Lake region, near MountKailash, on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet where...
Kailash Hills, East of Kailash, MountKailash Apartments, Greater Kailash, Lajpat Nagar, Chittaranjan Park and Zamrudpur. Kailash Colony is the oldest area...
topics. In Hinduism, the Gaṇas are attendants of Shiva and live on MountKailash. Ganesha was chosen as their leader by Shiva; the deity's title is gaṇeśa...
regions of Ravi River where the Mount Chamba Kailash lies. Further, according to the legend, the Shiva, who lived in MountKailash, the highest mountain of the...
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