Few mountains in the world rival the grandeur of
mount kailash (6714m.), the famed holy peak in
western Tibet. Kailash has long been a object of
worship for four major religions. For the
Hindus, it is a domain of Shiva. It is also the
abode of samvara – a multiarmed, wrathful deity
worshipped in the chakrasmvara Tantric cycle of
Tibetan Buddhism. The jains of India also revere
the mountain as the site at which the first of
their saints emannine story Swastika Mountain,
upon which the Bonpo founder shenrab alighted
from heaven.
Sprawling below Mount Kailash is the sacred
lake Manasarovar (4560m.), where a ritual bath
will deliver a pilgrim to Brahmas, paradise and
a drink of its water relinquishes the sins of a
hundred lifetimes. |
