Kailash And Mansarover
Kailas is the most sacred place for the Hindu. There are religious and scientific reasons for the same. Hindu believes that that their God Shiva lives on Kailas and from where rivers like Indus, Brahmaputra, Sutlej and Karnali having starting point. Those rivers makes India rich and prosperous. Besides that the great Hindu culture developed around those water rich Rivers. Therefore Hindu religion is indebted to Kailas and Mansarover. It is said that one of the family members of 'Lord Rama a King Bhagirath brought great river ' Ganges' from Himalaya to the plains of India through his great efforts. These things have made Kailas and Mansarover very pious for the Hindus. In short all water resources of India are flowing from Himalayan region of Tibetan side where Kailas and Mansarover are situated.
The Height of 'Mount Kailas' is 22028 feets and it has circumference of 48 kilometers. Every Hindu who visit Kailas makes attempt to do' Prikrama' of that Most Pious Mountain. They believe that after death that is the best place to merge with 'God' and Nature. Even after winning the war of'' Maharashtra' Pandav also went to Icy Himalayan Region for their ultimate destination .
Mansarover with circumference of 88 kilometers is at feet of Mount Kailas. The maximum depth of the Mansarover is 300 feets with surface area is 320 Square Kilometers.
There are Six Routs to reach Mount Kailas and Mansarover as under-
1)Ladakh(Kashmir)
2)Gangotri( Nilanjghat)
3)Badrinath( Manghat)
4)Jyotimath(North East Direction)
5)Almora( Lipughat)
6)Nepal( Direct Mount Kailas and Mansarover)
It takes 28 days to reach Mount Kailas and Mansarover but pilgrimage has to pass through very difficult Icy Region.
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