Rough Guides photographer Tim Draper reveals his top ten most photogenic countries in the world.
1. Nepal
2. Japan
10. China (specifically Hong Kong)
Sanpshot Taken from: Roughguides
Mt. Kailash (6714m) is the most sacred mountain in Asia. It is believed to be the physical embodiment of the mythical Mt Meru, said to be the center of the universe or ‘navel of the world’. Mt. Meru is depicted as a mandala, and its image occurs throughout both Buddhista and Hindu parts of Asia. Mt Kailas is holy to followers of four religions. To Hindus, Kailash is the abode of Shiva and nearby Manasarobar Lake is the means or soul of Brahma. Tibetans call Kailas Kang Rimpoche. Jains worship it as Mt Ashtapada, the peak from which the religion’s founder, Rishabanatha, achieved spiritual liberation. Followers of Bon-Po, the ancient pre- Buddhist shamanistic religion of Tibet, revere Kailas as the soul of Tibet. Mt. Kailash has long been an object of worship for four Major religious, for Hindu, it is domain of Shiva, It is also the abode of samvara-a multiarmed, wrathful deity worshipped in the chakrasamvara Tantric cycle of Tibetrian Buddhism. The joins of India also reverse the mountain as the site at which the first of their saints emancipated. And in the ancient Bon religion of Tibet, Kailash was the secred nine storeys Swastika Mountain, upon which the Banpo founder Shenrab alighted from haven. The 53 Km. Kailash circuit is the holist of all-Hindu as well as Buddist pilgrimages and the beacon, which draws most traveller to western Tibet. It is said that a single Parikarma erases the accumulated sins of a lifetime, while 108 cicurmbulation will achieve Salvation.
Kailash Manasarovar Yatra by Overland – 13 Days
(Guaranteed Fixed Departure Date 2015)
Months Fixed Departure Dates by Overland
April 22, 29 (Full moon trip)
May 06, 13, 20, 27 (Full moon trip), 29
June 03, 10, 17, 23, 26 (Full moon trip)
July 01, 08, 15, 22, 26 (Full moon trip)
August 05, 12, 19 (Outer & Inner Kora trip), 24 (Full moon trip)
September 02, 09, 16, 23 (Full moon trip)
Kailash Manasarovar Yatra by Helicopter – 10 Days
(Guaranteed Fixed Departure Date 2015)
Months Fixed Departure Dates by Helicopter
April 30 (Full moon trip)
May 06, 12, 18, 24, 29 (Full moon trip)
June 04, 10, 16
September 03, 09
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