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Kailash Mansarovar            Kailash Mansarover at the foot of Kailash    The legendary Kailash located in the trans-Himalayan range in the western corner of Tibet, a breathtaking snow-capped monolith rises to a majestic 22,000 feet above sea-level. Kailash has been worshipped by the Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Bons and Jains as the living form of divinity. Hindus regard Kailash as the place of the supreme Lord Shiva (शिव)    Tibetan Buddhists believe this mountain to be the abode of Buddha Chakrasamvara, while followers of the Janism worship Kailash as the place where their first Tirthankara Rishabhadeva, attained liberation. In the Vedic scriptures, Kailash is described as the earthly manifestation of Meru, the legendary mountain which is the source and axis of the universe.   The sacred lake of Manasarovar - Kailash Mansarover  or ( मानस सरोवर) at the foot of Kailash is among the highest freshwater lakes on our planet, located at 15,060 feet and spanning 320 km2 in surface area. Lake Mansarovar is  in the Tibet in China 940 kilometres (580 mi) from Lhasa .To the west of Lake Manasarovar is Lake Rakshastal ; toward the north is Mount Kailash. Lake Manasarovar is relatively round in shape with the circumference of  88 kilometres . Its depth reaches a maximum depth of 90 m (300 ft) and its surface area is 320 square kilometres . It is connected to nearby Lake Rakshastal by the natural Ganga Chhu channel. Manasarovar is near the source of the Sutlej  River which is the large tributary of the Indus. Nearby are the sources of the   Brahmaputra (ब्रम्हपुत्र) River, the Indus River, and the Karnali River (Ghaghara), an important tributary of   River Ganga (गंगा) .   Importance of Kailash Mansarover     According to Hindu scriptures and Purans bathing in the Manasa Sarovar and drinking its water is believed to cleanse all sins committed over even a hundred lifetimes. According to Shiv puran one who drinks water from the lake will go to the Abode of Lord Shiva after death.            Lord Shiva Parivar

According to the Hindu religion, the lake was first created in the mind of the Lord Brahma after which it manifested on Earth. The lake, in Hindu religious belief, is also supposed to be the summer abode of the Hamsa goose, which is  the Vahan (carrier) of Goddess Saraswati(सरस्वती) .     The lake is very popular in Buddhist literature and associated with many teachings and stories in Buddhism . Lord Buddha, it is reported, stayed and meditated near this lake on several occasions. Buddhists also associate the lake with the legendary lake known as Anavatapta in Sanskrit and Anotatta in Pali, where Queen Maya is believed to have conceived Buddha.        Kailash Mansarover Yatra   Kailash Mansarover  is a most scared place of pilgrimage which has been thronged to by pilgrims for thousands of years. Every year many religious people specially Hindus from India, Nepal , Tibet  and the neighboring countries visit this place in summer. Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and people from all over the world come here to seek blessings and to feel the spiritual energy. Pilgrimage tours are organized regularly, especially from India, the most famous of which is the Kailash Manasa Sarovar Yatra which takes place every year in the month of June.    Every year many Indians, mostly elderly people, come for the Mansarovar pilgrimage tour via Kathmandu which takes about 2-3 weeks and each individual has to pay around Rs 70,000 for the travel package including air tickets.   The famous Kailash Mansarovar yatra has began starting the 28-day-long journey for the religious voyage to the abode of Lord Shiva in Tibet this year on June 2, 2012. During the course of the journey, the pilgrims will circumambulate Mansarovor lake which lies at 15,060 ft above mean sea level. They would also go around the Kailash Mountain, which would involve trekking at high altitudes of up to 19,500 feet, under inhospitable conditions, including extremely cold and rugged terrain.      Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is  conducted by several travel agencies by helicopter, by Overland, by Lhasa route and via Nepal.

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