Mount Kailash

	Mount Kailash from the south
Elevation	6,638 m (21,778 ft)
Prominence	1,319 m (4,327 ft)
Location
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Range	Gangdisê Range
Climbing
First ascent	Unclimbed

Mount Kailash is a 6,638 metres (21,778 ft) mountain in the Gangdise Shan mountain range in Tibet.^[1] Mount Kailash is also known as Kangrinboqe and Gongdisi Shan.^[2]

In Hinduism and Buddhism, Kailash, or Mt. Meru, is sacred.^[3]^[1] Hindus believe Kailash is the home of Lord Shiva and his wife Parvati and sons Ganesh and Kartikeya. Hindus believe that it is impossible to climb to Kailash, but every year pilgrims come to Tibet to walk around it.^[3] The Tibetan people believe that people should not climb Mount Kailash.^[4] It is believed to have never been climbed.

Mount Kailash Media

Topography of the region with Mount Kailash in the background and Manasarovar (right) and Rakshastal lakes in the foreground
An illustration depicting the Hindu holy family of Shiva at Kailasha (c.1810-1820)
A Thangka depiction of Mount Kailash
Yaks are often used in the pilgrimage to Mount Kailash. Pictured are yaks on the banks of Lake Manasarovar with Mount Kailash in the background
Mani stones on the path around Mount Kailash