Tour Package - Overland Tour to Mt. Kailash & Manasarovar Lake
Tour Code: HH/TIB/08
Duration: 13 nights / 14 Days
"In the hundred ages of the gods, I could not tell the glories of The Himalaya,
there is no mountain like The Himalaya for in it are Kailash and Manasarovar."
From the Hindu Epic RAMAYANA
INTRODUCTION
MT. KAILASH (6741 m) is perhaps the most sacred of Holy Mountains in TIBET. Together
with the two lakes of MANASAROVAR & RAKAS, the region is one of the few truly nature
wonders of the world. Three of the orient's greatest rivers; the BRAHMAPUTRA, the
SUTLEJ, and the INDUS, all take their sources within a hundred kilometers of this
" SNOW CAPPED JEWEL" which attracted Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Bon-po’s from
the four corners of Asia for centuries. MT. KAILASH - also known as TISE or KHANG
RIMPOCHE (Jewel of the snow), has since the time immemorial been celebrated in many
eastern cosmologies as Mt. MERU, the axis mundi (the center of the physical and
metaphysical universe). For the Hindus, it represents the abode of Lord SHIVA and
for the Buddhists, a terrestrial projection of the cosmic MANDALA of the FIVE DHYANI
BUDDHAS & The Wheel of life. People believe that a single Kora or Parikrama washes
away the sins of a lifetime and Buddhists believe that 108 circuits secure Nirvana
in this life. On the trek, one may encounter Bon Pilgrims circling the route counter
clockwise or the very devoted continually prostrate them along the whole 32.5 miles
loop. There is also the ‘Inner Kora’ that passes two lakes to the south of Mt. Kailash.
Tradition dictates that only those who have made 13 circumambulation of Kailash
may follow this inner route. The mouth of the four great rivers are within 100 km
of the mountain-the Indus, The Brahamaputra, The Sutlej and the Karnali, a major
tributaries of The Ganges. The Mt. Kailash circuit is 32.5 miles of strenuous trails,
which crosses the Dolma La. This pass is the route highest point at 18525 ft. At
a large boulder is a collection of offerings where pilgrims traditionally deposit
one item and take another. Although the journey entails long rides by Land cruisers
over Tibet’s great western plateau through a region inhabited by few wild animals,
holy lakes and the occasional nomad, this existing tour involving a four day trek
with Yaks in the remotest part around Mt. Kailash and offers the most fascinating
experience on the ROOF OF THE WORLD. This is a new destination and attracts more
and more visitors day by day.
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