Mount Kailsh Pilgrimage Tour - 17 Days
Mount Kailash is situated at the height of 6714m. is known as one of the most hallowed mountains in Asia a protuberance from the earth assumed as the bulge of the planet. The mountain has been sacrosanct over thousand of years for the multi-religious convictions. An encirclement of the Mt. Kailash with a distance of 53KM. when someone goes around and completes the circumference of this shrine that obliterates entire sins of one's lifetime while accomplishes 108 times acquire absolute attainment of salvation a strong numinous code of belief. Having completed the circuit of Mt. Kailash subsequently you can do another circumambulation embarking on with Mansarovar Lake with jeep drive. It is another religious belief that when someone takes a bath and drinks the water from Mansarovar Lake it desist from sins of hundred lifetime.
A few mountains in the world rival the grandeur of Mount Kailash (6714m), the famed holy peak in Western Tibet . Kailash has long been an object of worship for four major religions. For the Hindus, it is the domain of Shiva. It is also the abode of Samvara-a multi armed, wrathful deity worshipped in the Chakrasamvara Tantric cycle of Tibetan Buddhism. The Jains of India also revere the mountain as the site at which the first of their saints emancipated. And in the ancient Bon religion of Tibet , Kailash was the sacred nine storey Swastika Mountain , upon which the Bonpo founder Shenrab alighted from heaven.
Sprawling below Mount Kailash is the sacred Lake Manasarovar (4560m), where a ritual bath will deliver a pilgrim to Brahma's paradise and a drink of its water relinquishes the sins of a hundred lifetimes. The 53 Km Kailash circuit is the holiest of all Tibet 's pilgrimages and the beacon that draws most travellers to Western Tibet . It is said that a Single Parikarma erases the accumulated sins of a lifetime, while 108 circumambulation will achieve Salvation.
Saka Dawa Festival On the 15th day of the 4th Tibetan month is Saka Dawa Festival. The day is believed to be the day when Sakyamuni was born, step into Buddha hood and attained salvation. Tibetans believe that one merit equals myriads of merits accumulated the other days. People keep from killing animals, refrain from eating meats and liberate animals. Sutra chanting, prayer turning, Cham dancing and other religious activities dominate the session. Offering sacrifices to the female deity enshrined in the temple on the islet of the Dragon King Pond, boating in the pond and picnicking add more festive mood.