Every year, innumerable tourists and trekkers from different
parts of the world visit Mt Kailash, some with the religious belives and some
with the hope of catching the glimises of beautiful creation of mother nature.
Here are the list of facts about Mt Kailash.
- It is a sacred place for not only one religion. It also holds the importance to religions like Hindu, Buddhists, Jains and Bons.
- Mt Kailash is also the source for four major rivers. Sutlej flows from the west, Brahmaputra (Yarlang Sangpo) from east, Karnali frm south and Indus from north of Mt Kailash.
- Lake Mansarover has a primiter of 110 kms, which local people usually covers in a single day by walking.
- The best time to visit the Lake is between 3 am to 5 am in the morning as it is believe this time is when the gods come for the bath in the lake.
- Myths say Queen Maya was given a bath in the lake by the Gods before Siddhartha(Gautama Buddha) was given birth who later became the founder of Buddhists religion.
- A dunk in the hallowed waters of Mansarovar are said to wipe off your transgressions from the last 7 births.
- Gauri Kund – The lake of empathy where Goddess Parvati used to shower
- The yearly Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is organized by the Ministry of External Affairs between the months of June to September.
- Person who is less than 70 years of age can be a part of Mt. Kailash trek as there is an age restriction made by Chinese Government since 2014.
- Jains refer to Mount Kailash as Mt. Asthapada and believe that their religious founder, Rishavdev, attained Nirvana – The Ultimate Happiness there.
