Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrimage route

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The Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrimage route is a revered trans-Himalayan spiritual trail followed by Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Bon devotees to circumambulate Mount Kailash and visit the sacred Lake Manasarovar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pilgrimage route
religious route
trans-Himalayan trail
associatedPractice kora
parikrama
prostration pilgrimage (for some Buddhists)
associatedWithDeity Avalokiteśvara
surface form: Avalokiteshvara (in some Buddhist traditions)

Shiva
associatedWithTirthankara Rishabhanatha
surface form: Rishabhanatha (in Jain tradition)
countryOfPrimaryAccess India
Nepal
culturalSignificance symbol of interfaith Himalayan pilgrimage traditions
difficulty physically demanding
distanceAroundMountKailash approximately 52 kilometers
entryPointFromIndia Lipulekh Pass
surface form: Lipulekh Pass route

Nathu La route
entryPointFromNepal Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrimage route self-linksurface differs
surface form: Humla-Simikot-Hilsa route
follows circumambulation of Mount Kailash
hasSacredSite Gauri Kund (near Kailash)
Lake Manasarovar
Mount Kailash
hasSegment Mount Kailash
surface form: Kora around Mount Kailash

approach to Lake Manasarovar
highestPoint Dolma La Pass
surface form: Dolma La pass
highestPointElevation about 5630 meters above sea level
includesVisitTo Lake Manasarovar
locatedIn China
Tibet Autonomous Region
modeOfTravel by pony or yak (on some segments)
on foot
nearbyWaterBody Rakshas Tal (Ravan Tal)
organizedBy Ministry of External Affairs of India
surface form: Ministry of External Affairs of India (for Indian government yatras)
region Transhimalaya
surface form: Trans-Himalaya
religiousTradition Bon
Buddhism
Hinduism
Jainism
requires special travel permits
requiresPreparation acclimatization to high altitude
season mainly undertaken in summer months
spiritualSignificance considered a journey to the abode of the divine
path to attain merit and purification
terrain high-altitude mountain terrain
visitedBy Bon pilgrims
Buddhist pilgrims
Hindu pilgrims
Jain pilgrims
international trekkers and spiritual seekers

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Lake Manasarovar region partOf Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrimage route
Kailash Range associatedWith Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrimage route
this entity surface form: Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
Lake Manasarovar pilgrimageCircuit Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrimage route
this entity surface form: Kailash–Manasarovar Yatra
Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrimage route entryPointFromNepal Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrimage route self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Humla-Simikot-Hilsa route