Mount Kailash

Mount Kailash, rising 6,638 meters in the remote Transhimalaya of Tibet, holds profound spiritual significance across multiple religions.

For Hindus, it is the abode of Lord Shiva, the cosmic destroyer and transformer, where he sits in eternal meditation with Parvati.

For Buddhists, it is Mount Meru, the axis mundi at the center of the universe in their cosmology.

For Jains, it marks the site where their first Tirthankara, Rishabhanatha, attained liberation.

For Bön practitioners, it is the sacred nine-story swastika mountain.

Pilgrims undertake the 52 km circumambulation (kora), often at high altitude and extreme conditions, believing a single circuit can erase sins of a lifetime.