Mt. Kailash

Kailash has long been an object of worship for four major religions. To Buddhists this mountain is the abode of Demchok, the wrathful manifestation of Sakyamuni, to Hindus it is the dwelling of Lord Shiva - the destroyer and transformer, and to the Jains of India it is a site at which the first of their saints was emancipated.

To Bon people Mt Kailash is a sacred nine-stacked-swastika mountain upon which the Bonpo founder Shenrab alighted from heaven and according to the sacred Sanskrit literature called the Vishnu Purana it is a representation of Mt Sumeru, the cosmic mountain at the center of the universe. Mt Kailash is a stunningly beautiful mountain that stands completely alone in all its glory and its rounded cone is symmetrical.