Mount Kailash: Quick Facts

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Mount Kailash, in the Kailash Range, and Lake Mapam—both in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China

Lake Mapam, or Manasarovar

Ravana lifting Mount Kailāsa

Statues of Shiva and Parvati seated together in a shrine, with a statue of Ganesha in front, surrounded by offerings and lamps in a Hindu temple cave in Namchi, Sikkim, India.

The stone-carved Kailasa temple at Ellora Caves in Maharashtra, India, features intricate sculptural details and rises from the surrounding rock cliffs.

The Brihadishvara Temple in Thanjavur, India, features a towering, intricately carved stone structure with smaller shrines and visitors at its base.

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