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Mount Kailash

Also called: Kailasa, Gang Rinpoche

The 6,638 m peak that Hindus hold to be Shiva's home with Parvati, Ganesha and Kartikeya, identified with Meru; never climbed, circled on a 53 km kora, and sacred also to Jains (Rishabhadeva's liberation), Buddhists (Milarepa) and Bon. Ravana tried to lift it and was pinned by Shiva's toe.

Sources: Mount Kailash — Wikipedia; Ravananugraha — Wikipedia · see Mount Kailash's web

Relations 1

Mount Kailash home of

Shiva (God)

Stories 3

Shiva drinks the poison
Legend · 4 tellings
Ganga comes down through Shiva's hair
Legend · 4 tellings
Ravana lifts Kailash
Legend · as the mountain · 3 tellings

Cited

Mount Kailash — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Ravananugraha — Wikipedia Encyclopedia