2006-09-25 15:07:40 · 6 answers · asked by Saroja B 1 in Travel ➔ India ➔ Other - India
The Tibetan name for the mountain is Gangs Rin-po-che, meaning "precious jewel of snows". Another local name for the mountain is Tisé (Tibetan: ཏི་སེ་) mountain. In the Jain tradition, the mountain is referred to as Ashtapada. The mountain is located in a particularly remote and inhospitable area of the Tibetan Himalayas. The mountain holds significance for the Budhists, Hindus, Jains and Bon religions. Pilgrimages to circumnavigate the mountains were heavily practiced prior to the Indian-chinese conflict in the area. Now pilgrimages must be applied for and overseen by chinese authorities.
2006-09-25 15:23:57 · answer #1 · answered by anon_y_muse 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mount Kailash (officially: Kangrinboqê; Tibetan: Gang Rinpoche, གངས་རིན་པོཅཧེ་; Wylie: Gangs Rin-po-che; ZWPY: Kangrinboqê; Simplified Chinese: 冈仁波齐峰; Traditional Chinese: 岡仁波齊峰; pinyin: Gāngrénbōqí Fēng; Hindi कैलाश पर्वत, Kailāśā Parvata) is a peak in the Gangdisê mountains, the source of some of the longest rivers in Asia—the Indus River, the Sutlej River, a tributary of the Ganges River, and the Brahmaputra River—and is considered as a sacred place in four religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Bön faith. The mountain lies near Lake Manasarowar and Lake Rakshastal in Tibet.
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The word Kailāśā means "crystal" in Sanskrit. The Tibetan name for the mountain is Gangs Rin-po-che, meaning "precious jewel of snows". Another local name for the mountain is Tisé (Tibetan: ཏི་སེ་) mountain. In the Jain tradition, the mountain is referred to as Ashtapada.
2006-09-26 03:36:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Location China (Tibet)
Elevation 6,638 m (21,778 ft)
Range Trans-Himalayas
Prominence 1,319 m
Coordinates 31°04′00″N, 81°18′45″E
2006-09-25 17:06:15 · answer #3 · answered by bhupen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
located in China (Tibet)
2006-09-25 15:27:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither.
It's in China though people say it's in Tibetan part of China.
2006-09-25 18:17:07 · answer #5 · answered by Nitin G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tibet,
http://www.sacredsites.com/asia/tibet/mt_kailash.html
http://www.tibet-travels.com/kailash_yatra.php
http://www.hardrocktreks.com/kailash_and_manasoravar.html
2006-09-25 16:57:11 · answer #6 · answered by nice guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋