Mount Kailas is believed to be ‘Lord Shiva’s own home’. Trekking all the way up to the peak of Mount Kailash is held to be a forbidden act among Hindus. They believe that climbing the Mount Kailash peak would violate the mountain's purity and upset the divine spirits that reside there. However, the first person to climb Mount Kailash parvat was a Tibetan Buddhist Yogi, Milarepa.