Gunung Kailash

Gunung Kailash  (juga Kailasa; Kangrinboqê atau Gang Rinpoche; Tibet: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; ; , ), adalah sebuah puncak setinggi  di Pegunungan Kailash (Pegunungan Gangdisê), yang membentuk bagian dari Transhimalaya di Prefektur Ngari, Wilayah Otonomi Tibet, Tiongkok.

Gunung tersebut berada di dekat Danau Manasarovar dan Danau Rakshastal, dekat dengan muara beberapa sungai Asia terpanjang: Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, dan Karnali yang juga dikenal sebagai Ghaghara (sebuah anak sungai Gangga) di India. Gunung Kailash dianggap suci dalam empat agama: Hindu, Bon, Buddha, dan Jain.

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Bacaan tambahan
 
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