near Darchen, Mt. Kailash

Mount Kailash has an elevation of 6,638 meters and is also called Gang Rinpoche or Gang Tise locally. Gang Rinpoche means "snow jewel mountain" with Kang (or Gang) being the Tibetan word meaning white mountain (snow peak) and rinpoche is an honorific meaning "precious one."

 

The mountain is considered sacred in Bon, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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