A report on Mount Kailash

Thangka depicting Mount Kailash

6714 m high peak in the Kailash Range (Gangdisê Mountains), which forms part of the Transhimalaya in the Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China, close to India and Nepal borders in the South.

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Thangka depicting Mount Kailash

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A famous statue of Milarepa brought from Nyanang Phelgyeling Monastery, Tibet

Milarepa

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Tibetan siddha, who was famously known as a murderer when he was a young man, before turning to Buddhism and becoming a highly accomplished Buddhist disciple.

Tibetan siddha, who was famously known as a murderer when he was a young man, before turning to Buddhism and becoming a highly accomplished Buddhist disciple.

A famous statue of Milarepa brought from Nyanang Phelgyeling Monastery, Tibet
Overlooking Pelgyeling Gompa at Milarepa's Cave, Tibet.
The nine story tower that Milarepa single-handedly built, Sekhar Gutok, Lhodrag, Tibet.
Milarepa statue, Pango Chorten, Gyantse, Tibet.
Bhutanese painted thanka of Milarepa (1052-1135), Late 19th-early 20th century, Dhodeydrag Gonpa, Thimphu, Bhutan
Milarepa, Tempera on cotton, 21x30 cm, 2008 Otgonbayar Ershuu
Tibetan or Nepalese painted thanka of Milarepa, 19th century, mineral pigments and gold on cotton clothes of Nepal.

He is also famous for the feat of climbing Mount Kailash.

18th-century illustration of Mount Kailash, depicting the holy family: Shiva and Parvati, cradling Skanda with Ganesha by Shiva's side

Axis mundi

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Latin term for the axis of Earth between the celestial poles.

Latin term for the axis of Earth between the celestial poles.

18th-century illustration of Mount Kailash, depicting the holy family: Shiva and Parvati, cradling Skanda with Ganesha by Shiva's side
Mount Kailash (viewed from the south) is holy to Hinduism and several religions in Tibet.
Yggdrasil, the World Ash in Norse myths
Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1492)
The caduceus

Mount Kailash is holy to Hinduism and several religions in Tibet.

Tonks of 20 Tirthankaras at Samet Shikhar

Nirvana Kanda

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Ancient Prakrit Jain composition that describes the sacred sites where Jain sages have attained Nirvana.

Ancient Prakrit Jain composition that describes the sacred sites where Jain sages have attained Nirvana.

Tonks of 20 Tirthankaras at Samet Shikhar

Nirvana sites of 24 tirthankaras (Ashtapad Mount, Champapuri, Girnar, Pawapuri and Samet Shikhar)

Messner in 2017

Reinhold Messner

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Italian mountaineer, explorer, and author from South Tyrol.

Italian mountaineer, explorer, and author from South Tyrol.

Messner in 2017
Reinhold Messner in June 2002
Location of the eight-thousanders
Reinhold Messner in 1985 in Pamir Mountains.
Rupal face of Nanga Parbat.
Mount Everest north face.
K2 seen from Concordia.
Kangchenjunga.
Broad Peak.
Messner's attempt on the summit in 1977 failed on Dhaulagiri's South Face.
Messner Mountain Museum in Monte Rite, Dolomites.

1985 – Tibet Transversale with Kailash exploration;

Darchen

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Former Bhutanese enclave, currently held by the People's Republic of China and the seat of the Parga Township, Purang County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Former Bhutanese enclave, currently held by the People's Republic of China and the seat of the Parga Township, Purang County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Darchen is situated right in front of the sacred mountain, Mount Kailash.

Hugh Ruttledge in 1936

Hugh Ruttledge

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English civil servant and mountaineer who was the leader of two expeditions to Mount Everest in 1933 and 1936.

English civil servant and mountaineer who was the leader of two expeditions to Mount Everest in 1933 and 1936.

Hugh Ruttledge in 1936
Northern side of Mount Kailas
(Left to right) Diplomat and glaciologist Philips Christiaan Visser, Ruttledge and photographer Erich Salomon (1930)
The northern side of Mount Everest, scene of British attempts in the 1920s and 1930s
The island of Gometra (left), connected to the island of Ulva (right) by a bridge

Together with his wife, he completed the pilgrim circuit of Mount Kailas in July 1926, his wife being the first Western woman to perform this ceremony.

Gurla Mandhata

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Highest peak of the Nalakankar Himal, a small subrange of the Himalaya.

Highest peak of the Nalakankar Himal, a small subrange of the Himalaya.

It sits roughly across Lake Manasarovar from the sacred peak of Mount Kailash.