"a memorable holy adventure journey on the ancient trans-himalayan highway, dramatic landscapes, rich buddhist culture, isolated rolling valleys, traditional villages, crossing of thrilling pass, enriched with flora and fauna amidst the towering peaks and breathe-taking views".

Introduction:

From Kathmandu a scenic drive towards Mt.Kailash with sightseeing tours at the famed ancient towns and cities of Nylam and Saga. On arriving Nylam, our adventure starts off away from the main highway to Western Tibet for some days, the road climbs to the most wonderful scenic point with the most amazing views of the great Himalayan peaks.

Mt.Kailash 6,714m / 22,028ft is situated to the north of the Himalayan barrier, wholly within Tibet. It is the perfect mountain with awesome beauty, with four great faces, the eastern face is belived to be crystal, thewestern ruby, the southern sapphire and the northern gold. It is the spiritual centre for four great religions: Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, the Jain religion and the pre-Buddhist animistic religion-Bonpo.

To Tibetans it is known as Khang Rimpoche(Precious Jewel of Snow) and they see it as the naval of the world. It is said that a stream from the mountain pours into a nearby lake and from here rivers flow in the four cardinal directions.

For the Hindus...their spiritual centre of the universe, described as a fantastic ‘world pillar’ 84,000 miles high, around which all else revolves, its root in the lowest hell and its summit reaching the heaven and the abode of their revered God Shiva and his consort Goddess Parvati.

For the pre-ancient religion Bon, it is the site where its founder Shanrab is said to have descended from heaven and it was formerly the spiritual centre of Zhang Zung, the ancient Bon Empire that once included all western Tibet. Bon people circumambulate this holy mountain in an anti-clockwise manner; unlike the other religion does it clockwise.

Over the centuries, pilgrims from all corners of the world have constantly journeyed immense distances to achieve enlightenment or cleanse themselves from sins, braving enormous distances, particularly harsh weather and bandit attacks.

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