Mount Kailash
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Mount Kailash
lies in the southwestern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At 6,714 m Mt. Kailash is the highest peak in the Kailash Range of the Himalayas. It has been a pilgrimage destination for both Hindus and Buddhists since time immemorial. Separated from the Great Himalayas chain by a trough that is drained in the northwest by the Sutlej River and in the southeast by the Yarlung Zangbo River (the extreme upper Brahmaputra River). Lying just south of Mount Kailas at 4,557 m is one of the world's highest lakes-Lake Mansarovar. For Hindus, the peak is the home of the god Shiva, while Buddhists compare the mountain with Mount Sumeru , the cosmic center of the universe.
Lake Mansarovar
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The great lake Mansarover is situated in the south-west corner of Tibet and in the north-west of Nepal. The lake is 20 km from Mt.Kailash and is one of the most beautiful and sacred lakes in Asia . It can be circumambulated in four or five days. It is often a gem like cobalt blue color but sometimes during storm, it can turn into a churning black.
According to Hindu and Buddhist epics, the four great rivers of the Indian sub-continent, the Indus , Ganges , Sutlej and Brahamaputra actually arise from Lake Mansarover. In reality, only the Sutlej originates from the lake. Mansarover has been circumambulated by the Indian pilgrims at least once in a lifetime as mentioned in the Puranas around 1700 years ago. Legends has that the mother of Buddha, Mayadevi had been bathed at Mansarovar by Gods before giving birth to her son.
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