11 Amazing Mount Kailash Facts That You Should Know

11 Amazing Mount Kailash Facts 

#1

MOUNT KAILASH IS SACRED PLACE IN FOUR RELIGIONS: BON, BUDDHISM, HINDUISM, AND JAINISM.

#2

MOUNT KAILASH IS 6,638 METERS (21,778 FEET) AND ITS SUMMIT IS UNCLIMBED. MOUNTAIN ALSO  FORMS IS A 1600-KILOMETRE-LONG MOUNTAIN RANGE IN CHINA.

#3

ACCORDING TO SOME BELIEFS THE NAME COULD HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM THE WORD “KELĀSA” (केलास), WHICH MEANS “CRYSTAL. IT IS ASLO SOMETIMES REFERRED AS MOUNT MERU.

#4

MAJOR RIVERS OF ASIA SUCH AS INDUS, YARLUNG BRAHMAPUTRA, KARNALI AND SUTLEJ ALL BEGIN IN THE KAILASH-LAKE MANASAROVAR REGION.

#5

ACCORDING TO HINDUS LORD SHIVA RESIDES AT THE SUMMIT OF A KAILASH MOUNTAIN AND SAT IN A STATE OF MEDITATION ALONG WITH HIS WIFE PARVATI.

#6

MOUNT KAILASH IS KNOWN AS MOUNT MERU IN BUDDHISM WHICH IS CENTRAL TO ITS COSMOLOGY IDEAS. THEY ALSO BELIEVE IT A MAJOR PILGRIMAGE SITE.

#7

BON IS A RELIGION WHICH IS NATIVE TO TIBET. MOUNT KAILASH IS CALLED AS THE “NINE-STORY SWASTIKA MOUNTAIN” – THE AXIS MUNDI( CENTER OF THE WORLD -POINT OF CONNECTION BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH)

#8

ACCORDING TO JAIN SCRIPTURES,  THE FIRST JAIN TIRTHANKARA, RISHABHADEVA ATTAINED MOKSHA (LIBERATION) AT ASHTAPADA, THE MOUNTAIN NEXT TO MT. KAILASH.

#9

THE PATH AROUND MOUNT KAILASH IS 52 KM LONG. SOME PILGRIMS BELIEVE THAT THE ENTIRE WALK AROUND KAILASH SHOULD BE MADE IN A SINGLE DAY, WHICH IS NOT CONSIDERED AN EASY TASK. A HEALTH BEING WALKING FAST WOULD TAKE PERHAPS 15 HOURS TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE TREK.
BY COMPLETING WALK, IT IS BELIEVED ONE CAN BE FREE FROM LIFETIME SINS.

#10

 ACCORDING TO ALL RELIGIONS THAT REVERE THE MOUNTAIN -SETTING FOOT ON ITS SLOPES IS CONSIDERED A DIRE SIN. IT IS A POPULAR BELIEF THAT THE STAIRWAYS ON MOUNT KAILASH LEADS TO HEAVEN.

#11

THE JOURNEY AROUND MOUNT KAILASH IS MADE IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION BY HINDUS AND BUDDHISTS
JAINS AND BÖNPOS MAKE THEIR PILGRIM JOURNEY AROUND THE MOUNTAIN IN A COUNTERCLOCKWISE DIRECTION.

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