- Kailasa redirects here. For the band, see Kailasa (band)
Mount Kailash (also
Mount Kailas;
Tibetan:
གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ,
Kangrinboqê or
Gang Rinpoche;
Sanskrit:
कैलास पर्वत,
Kailāsa Parvata;
simplified Chinese:
冈仁波齐峰,
Gāngrénbōqí fēng) is a peak in the
Gangdisê Mountains, which are part of the
Himalayas in
Tibet. It lies near the
source of some of the longest
rivers in Asia: the
Indus River, the
Sutlej River (a major tributary of the
Indus River), the
Brahmaputra River, and the
Karnali River (a tributary of the
Ganges River). It is considered a sacred place in four
religions:
Bön,
Buddhism,
Hinduism,
Jainism. In Hinduism, it is considered to be the abode of Lord
Shiva and a place of eternal bliss. The mountain lies near
Lake Manasarowar and
Lake Rakshastal in Tibet.
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