The mysteries of Mount Kailas
Mount Kailash is a holy mountain for the Hindus who believe that lord Shiva resides in it .Its also sacred for Buddhists ,Jains ,and Bon .
in Sanskrit its called Kailasa which could come from Keylasa or crystal
its supposed to have four faces of Gold ,lapuz,crystala nd ruby
the Tibetian name is Gans rinpoche or precious snow mountain
Mount Kailas is situated in the Tibetan autonomous region of China .
Lake Manasarovar and Lake Rashas thaal are at its foot at 14950 feet .
the larger lake Manasarovar oval like the sun is fresh water very calm has fishes and swans on it and its waters are clear so much so the bottom can be seen ,its about 85 km in circumference while lake Rakhsas thaal is murkier salt water had stromy waves on its surface
Both lakes are the source of many famous rivers like the Brahmaputra ,,Sutlej,Indus and Karnali
Both lakes are separated by a an isthmus
Thousands of Hindu and other pilgrims make a trip to its foothills and take bath in Lake Manasarovar and later circumnavigate the mountain .
One needs to understand Mount Kailash is far beyond the Himalayan ranges in the Trans Himalaya in border between Tibet and china and is a single pyramid like mountain jutting straight into the skies to a height of 6638 meters or 21778 feet .
it is much shorter than mount Everest in Nepal which towers at 8848 meters or 29029 feet .
Strangely when more than 4000 people have so far summit ed in Mount Everest not a single human being has managed to do the same in Mount Kailash .
Ancient texts say 900 years back Buddhist saint Milarepa was the only human being who stepped into its top .
Milarepa was born to a rich Tibetian family but after the death of his father he and his mother were driven off thier house by cunning uncles and had to stay in poverty ,his mother asked him to learn the art of sorcery to take revenge on his uncle ,he studied the blak art for many years and showed his revenge by destroying the family and the village by magic diirected hail storms .
Later Milarepa regretted his practicing the evil art and went to spirituality studying under several masters for many years living a life of austerity .
Mount Kailsh can never be stepped on by a human being says old Buddhist texts for its the abode of Gods the very place where ;lord Shiva resides and only one man has been allowed to do so as a path to his ultimate nirvana .
This may sound silly but the fact is many who had tried to climb the summit have found failure over the years and had to return back .
colonel Wilson one of the early climbers who attempted same said after the foot i found the mountain insurmountable thoguh i did find a path but the moment i ascended snow fell very thickly and my further climb was impossible .
one should realise these are trained mountaineers who have climbed snowy peaks for years and a simple snowfall would hardly make them accept failure ,its best described by the Russian mountaineer Sergei Cistakov who managed to start his climb with his team ,
suddenly i felt I did not belong there ,this was no mountain to climb and i was treading on something very sacred and prohibited ,i was filled with interminable exhaustion and lassitude i could scarcely move or budge my whole body was leaden it was not lack of oxygen or altitude sickness for we had climbed greater heights it was not possible to explain we just felt we had to return back the moment we decided and turned back into descent we felt light happy and liberated with all the uncomfortable forgotten ,even though we failed we returned happy .
this has been the experience of many more mountaineers who attempted ,Reinhold Meissner the famous mountaineer was requested by china to attempt to summit it ,though he did have plans to do so he refused it in the last moment
in the eighties a group of American climbers did try again but returned back after some time strangely thier hair had grown white and nails grew interminably long and they all dies shortly after .
mount Kailash is also said to be the creation of extra terrestials eons back and is said to be a hollow huge pyramid ,strangely it has some similarities to the mysteries of stone henge in England ,the pyramids of Egypt and Peru man made creations
its 6666 km from Stonehenge and double that a distance of 13332 km to Antarctica and also 666 km to Arctic pole ,in short it is sid to be at the center of the earth and is likened to the mystical mount Meru .
Pilgrims go upto Manasarovar lake by different routes by road or by helicopter ,later after performing rituals and ablutions there proceed to foothills of the mountain to circumnavigate the sacred mountain which is called Parikrama a distance of 52 km .
this take three days and involves hardy climbs snow filled passes like the Dholma pass with rarefied air and pilgrims have difficulty because of altitude and less oxygen after a difficult descent in second nay they return to Manaosarovar by third day and then back to their countries .
We plan to go to this sacred mountain in august as part of a troupe do parikrama both if God willing
in Sanskrit its called Kailasa which could come from Keylasa or crystal
its supposed to have four faces of Gold ,lapuz,crystala nd ruby
the Tibetian name is Gans rinpoche or precious snow mountain
Mount Kailas is situated in the Tibetan autonomous region of China .
Lake Manasarovar and Lake Rashas thaal are at its foot at 14950 feet .
the larger lake Manasarovar oval like the sun is fresh water very calm has fishes and swans on it and its waters are clear so much so the bottom can be seen ,its about 85 km in circumference while lake Rakhsas thaal is murkier salt water had stromy waves on its surface
Both lakes are the source of many famous rivers like the Brahmaputra ,,Sutlej,Indus and Karnali
Both lakes are separated by a an isthmus
Thousands of Hindu and other pilgrims make a trip to its foothills and take bath in Lake Manasarovar and later circumnavigate the mountain .
One needs to understand Mount Kailash is far beyond the Himalayan ranges in the Trans Himalaya in border between Tibet and china and is a single pyramid like mountain jutting straight into the skies to a height of 6638 meters or 21778 feet .
it is much shorter than mount Everest in Nepal which towers at 8848 meters or 29029 feet .
Strangely when more than 4000 people have so far summit ed in Mount Everest not a single human being has managed to do the same in Mount Kailash .
Ancient texts say 900 years back Buddhist saint Milarepa was the only human being who stepped into its top .
Milarepa was born to a rich Tibetian family but after the death of his father he and his mother were driven off thier house by cunning uncles and had to stay in poverty ,his mother asked him to learn the art of sorcery to take revenge on his uncle ,he studied the blak art for many years and showed his revenge by destroying the family and the village by magic diirected hail storms .
Later Milarepa regretted his practicing the evil art and went to spirituality studying under several masters for many years living a life of austerity .
Mount Kailsh can never be stepped on by a human being says old Buddhist texts for its the abode of Gods the very place where ;lord Shiva resides and only one man has been allowed to do so as a path to his ultimate nirvana .
This may sound silly but the fact is many who had tried to climb the summit have found failure over the years and had to return back .
colonel Wilson one of the early climbers who attempted same said after the foot i found the mountain insurmountable thoguh i did find a path but the moment i ascended snow fell very thickly and my further climb was impossible .
one should realise these are trained mountaineers who have climbed snowy peaks for years and a simple snowfall would hardly make them accept failure ,its best described by the Russian mountaineer Sergei Cistakov who managed to start his climb with his team ,
suddenly i felt I did not belong there ,this was no mountain to climb and i was treading on something very sacred and prohibited ,i was filled with interminable exhaustion and lassitude i could scarcely move or budge my whole body was leaden it was not lack of oxygen or altitude sickness for we had climbed greater heights it was not possible to explain we just felt we had to return back the moment we decided and turned back into descent we felt light happy and liberated with all the uncomfortable forgotten ,even though we failed we returned happy .
this has been the experience of many more mountaineers who attempted ,Reinhold Meissner the famous mountaineer was requested by china to attempt to summit it ,though he did have plans to do so he refused it in the last moment
in the eighties a group of American climbers did try again but returned back after some time strangely thier hair had grown white and nails grew interminably long and they all dies shortly after .
mount Kailash is also said to be the creation of extra terrestials eons back and is said to be a hollow huge pyramid ,strangely it has some similarities to the mysteries of stone henge in England ,the pyramids of Egypt and Peru man made creations
its 6666 km from Stonehenge and double that a distance of 13332 km to Antarctica and also 666 km to Arctic pole ,in short it is sid to be at the center of the earth and is likened to the mystical mount Meru .
Pilgrims go upto Manasarovar lake by different routes by road or by helicopter ,later after performing rituals and ablutions there proceed to foothills of the mountain to circumnavigate the sacred mountain which is called Parikrama a distance of 52 km .
this take three days and involves hardy climbs snow filled passes like the Dholma pass with rarefied air and pilgrims have difficulty because of altitude and less oxygen after a difficult descent in second nay they return to Manaosarovar by third day and then back to their countries .
We plan to go to this sacred mountain in august as part of a troupe do parikrama both if God willing
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