Transhimalaya in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Bon texts have many names: Water’s Flower, Mountain of Sea Water, Nine Stacked Swastika Mountain. Emperor Bharata Chakravartin, after whom India was named Bharatvarsha attained nirvana at Mount Kailash. In Hinduism, Shiva resided at the summit of a Kailāsh mountain, where he fly yoga paris 18 in a state of meditation along with his wife Pārvatī.

According to Charles Allen, one description in the Vishnu Purana of the mountain states that its four faces are made of crystal, ruby, gold, and lapis lazuli. According to Jain scriptures, Ashtapada, the mountain next to Mt. In Jain tradition the 24th and last Tirthankara, Vardhamana Mahavira was taken to the summit of Meru by Indra shortly after his birth, after putting his mother Queen Trishala into deep slumber. There he was bathed and anointed with precious unctions. It is central to its cosmology, and a major pilgrimage site for some Buddhist traditions. Vajrayana, arrived in Tibet to challenge Naro Bön-chung, champion of the Bön religion of Tibet.

The two magicians engaged in a terrifying sorcerers’ battle, but neither was able to gain a decisive advantage. Finally, it was agreed that whoever could reach the summit of Kailash most rapidly would be the victor. Bön, a religion native to Tibet, maintain that the entire mystical region and Kailash, which they call the «nine-story Swastika Mountain», is the axis mundi, Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring. Jain pilgrims paying obeisance to Tirthankar Rishabhdeva. Every year, thousands make a pilgrimage to Kailash, following a tradition going back thousands of years. Pilgrims of several religions believe that circumambulating Mount Kailash on foot is a holy ritual that will bring good fortune.