Mount Kailash

Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash from the south
Highest point
Elevation	6,638 m (21,778 ft)
Prominence	1,319 m (4,327 ft)
Coordinates	31°4′0″N 81°18′45″E / 31.06667°N 81.31250°E / 31.06667; 81.31250
Naming
Native name	གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ  (Standard Tibetan) कैलास  (Sanskrit)
Geography
Mount Kailash Burang County, Tibet Autonomous Region
Country	China
Parent range	Gangdisê Range
Climbing
First ascent	Unclimbed

Mount Kailash is a 6,638 metres (21,778 ft) mountain in the Gangdise Shan mountain range in Tibet.^[1] Mount Kailash is also known as Kangrinboqe and Gongdisi Shan.^[2]

In Hinduism and Buddhism, Kailash, or Mt. Meru, is sacred.^[3][1] Hindus believe Kailash is the home of Lord Shiva and his wife Parvati and sons Ganesh and Kartikeya. Hindus believe that it is impossible to climb to Kailash, but every year pilgrims come to Tibet to walk around it.^[3] The Tibetan people believe that people should not climb Mount Kailash.^[4] It is believed to have never been climbed.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Kailash". SummitPost.org.
2. ↑ "Mount Kaliash, China". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Resham Sengar (November 8, 2019). "Mount Kailash facts: mindboggling things you may not know about Lord Shiva's home". Times of India. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
4. ↑ Fowler, Charlie (1999). "Asia, Tibet, Qionglai Shan, Gurla Range, Ascents and Other Activity". AAC Publications. American Alpine Club.