Pilgrims trek around Mount Kailash in a ritual called parikrama or kora. The route is approximately 30 miles (50 kilometers) long and can be completed in about three days. For Hindus, merely seeing the mountain can be a form of darshan, a view of something considered sacred. Hindus and Buddhists circumambulate Mount Kailash clockwise, whereas Jains and Bon practitioners circle counterclockwise. Access to the mountain for pilgrims from India has periodically been suspended because of geopolitical tensions between India and China.
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