Mount Kailash is a 6,638 metres (21,778 ft)mountain in theGangdise Shanmountain range inTibet.[1] Mount Kailash is also known asKangrinboqe andGongdisi Shan.[2]
InHinduism andBuddhism, Kailash, orMt. Meru, is sacred.[3][1] Hindus believe Kailash is the home of LordShiva and his wifeParvati and sonsGanesh andKartikeya. Hindus believe that it is impossible to climb to Kailash, but every yearpilgrims 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.
