Can I climb Mount Kailash?
Can I climb Mount Kailash?
Climbing Kailash Parvat, or the Kailash peak, is strictly forbidden for religious, cultural, and legal reasons.
However, circumambulate the Kora of the mountain as part of the Kailash Parikrama pilgrimage, a spiritual journey around the peak.
Kailash is considered a sacred mountain in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and the Bon religion. For followers of these religions, climbing the Kailash mountain would be an act of disrespect. Also, they claimed many people tried to climb the Kailash peak many times in the past, and no one ever succeeded. The only person claimed to be on top of Kailash was Milarepa, a Tibetan saint from the 11th century or Lord Shiva himself, probably with his consort Ma Parvathi and son Ganesh.
The Kailash pilgrimage does not involve climbing the mountain.
The journey focuses on circumambulation of Mount Kailash.
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