Mount Kailash Tours Overview
Mount Kailash(6714m), the famed holy peak in west of Tibet. Mt. Kailash has long been an object of worship for four Major religious, for Hindu, it is domain of Shiva, It is also the abode of samvaraa multiarmed, wrathful deity worshipped in the chakrasamvara Tantric cycle of Tibetian Buddhism. And in the ancient Bon religion of Tibet, Kailash was the secred nine storeys Swastika Mountain, upon which the Banpo founder Shenrab alighted from haven. The 53 Km. Kailash Circuit is the holist of all-Hindu as well as Buddist pilgrimages and the beacon, which draws most traveller to western Tibet. It is said that a single Parikarma erases the accumulated sins of a lifetime, while 108 cicurmbulation will achieve Salvation.
Lake Mansarovar: Sprawling below Mount Kailash is the sacred lake Manasarovar (4580m), where ritual bath will deliver a pilgrim to brahm’s paradise and drink of its water relinquishes the sins of a hundred lifetimes.
Trip Highlights
- Dolma La Pass (5,630m) - The 52 km trek, completed in 3 days, is the trip's highlight. You will pass nomad camps, pray at monasteries like Dirapuk, and hang prayer flags at the highest pass.
- The Kora (Pilgrimage Circuit) -
- Lake Manasarovar
- Tarboche Prayer Flag Square
