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Kailash
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Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash
(also
Mount Kailas
;
Kangrinboqê
or
Gang
Rinpoche
;
Tibetan
: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ,
Kailāśa
) is a peak in the Kailash Range (Gangdisê Mountains), which forms part of the
Transhimalaya
in
Tibet
. It lies near the
source
of some of the longest
rivers
in Asia: the
Indus River
, the
Sutlej River
(a major tributary of the
Indus River
), the
Brahmaputra River
, and the
Karnali River
(a tributary of the
River Ganga
). It is considered a sacred place in four
religions
:
Bön
,
Buddhism
,
Hinduism
and
Jainism
. The mountain lies near
Lake Manasarovar
and
Lake Rakshastal
in Tibet.
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