Mount Kailash

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Bon pilgrimage site Buddhist pilgrimage site Hindu pilgrimage site Jain pilgrimage site mountain pilgrimage site sacred mountain

Mount Kailash is a sacred peak in the Transhimalaya of Tibet revered in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bon as a cosmic mountain and major pilgrimage site.

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Label	Occurrences
Mount Kailash canonical	33
Alaka on Mount Kailasa	1
Dakshina Kailash	1
Kailash	1
Kailash Mountain	1
Kora around Mount Kailash	1
Mount Kailash (in some Jain traditions)	1
Mount Kailash (per many Jain traditions)	1
Mount Kailash (physical mountain in Tibet)	1
Mount Kailash area	1
sacred peak Mount Kailash	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T857340 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mount Kailash
Context triple: [Sutlej River, originatesNear, Mount Kailash]

A. Margalla Hills
Margalla Hills is a picturesque hill range in northern Pakistan that forms part of the Himalayan foothills and serves as a popular recreational and hiking area near Islamabad.
B. K2
K2 is the world’s second-highest mountain, a notoriously difficult and dangerous peak in the Karakoram range of the Himalayas.
C. Ismoil Somoni Peak
Ismoil Somoni Peak is a prominent mountain in the Pamir range of Central Asia, historically known as the highest summit in the former Soviet Union.
D. Muztagh Tower
Muztagh Tower is a striking, steep granite peak in the Karakoram range on the Pakistan–China border, renowned among mountaineers for its dramatic shape and technical climbing challenges.
E. Trango Towers
Trango Towers is a dramatic group of granite spires in Pakistan’s Karakoram range, renowned among climbers for having some of the world’s most challenging big-wall and rock-climbing routes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mount Kailash
Target entity description: Mount Kailash is a sacred peak in the Transhimalaya of Tibet revered in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bon as a cosmic mountain and major pilgrimage site.

A. Margalla Hills
Margalla Hills is a picturesque hill range in northern Pakistan that forms part of the Himalayan foothills and serves as a popular recreational and hiking area near Islamabad.
B. K2
K2 is the world’s second-highest mountain, a notoriously difficult and dangerous peak in the Karakoram range of the Himalayas.
C. Ismoil Somoni Peak
Ismoil Somoni Peak is a prominent mountain in the Pamir range of Central Asia, historically known as the highest summit in the former Soviet Union.
D. Muztagh Tower
Muztagh Tower is a striking, steep granite peak in the Karakoram range on the Pakistan–China border, renowned among mountaineers for its dramatic shape and technical climbing challenges.
E. Trango Towers
Trango Towers is a dramatic group of granite spires in Pakistan’s Karakoram range, renowned among climbers for having some of the world’s most challenging big-wall and rock-climbing routes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bon pilgrimage site ⓘ Buddhist pilgrimage site ⓘ Hindu pilgrimage site ⓘ Jain pilgrimage site ⓘ mountain ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ sacred mountain ⓘ
associatedDeity	Demchok ⓘ Parvati ⓘ linked to: Goddess Gauri Rishabhanatha ⓘ Shiva ⓘ
climbingPolicy	ascent prohibited for religious reasons ⓘ
climbingStatus	unclimbed peak ⓘ
cosmologicalRole	cosmic axis mundi ⓘ identified with Mount Meru in Buddhist cosmology ⓘ identified with Mount Meru in Hindu cosmology ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
DolmaLaPassElevation	about 5630 m ⓘ
drainage	source region of Brahmaputra River (Yarlung Tsangpo) ⓘ source region of Indus River system ⓘ source region of Karnali River ⓘ source region of Sutlej River ⓘ
elevation	21778 ft ⓘ 6638 m ⓘ
faces	east face ⓘ north face ⓘ south face ⓘ west face ⓘ
firstAscent	no recorded ascent ⓘ
hasProminence	1319 m ⓘ
localName	Gang Rinpoche ⓘ Kailāsa Parvata ⓘ Kangrinboqê Peak ⓘ
locatedIn	China ⓘ Tibet ⓘ linked to: Tibet Autonomous Region Transhimalaya ⓘ
near	Lake Manasarovar ⓘ Lake Rakshastal ⓘ
partOf	Gangdise Range ⓘ linked to: Kailash Range
pilgrimageAltitudeHighPoint	Dolma La Pass ⓘ
pilgrimagePractice	circumambulation of mountain (kora) ⓘ
pilgrimageRouteLength	about 52 km ⓘ
region	Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
religiousSignificanceIn	Bon ⓘ Buddhism ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Jainism ⓘ
sacredStatus	associated with Rishabhanatha in Jainism ⓘ central sacred mountain in Bon tradition ⓘ considered abode of Lord Shiva in Hinduism ⓘ considered home of Buddha Demchok (Chakrasamvara) in Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
sacredTo	Bonpo followers ⓘ Buddhists ⓘ linked to: Buddhism Hindus ⓘ linked to: Hinduism Jains ⓘ
shapeDescription	distinctive four-sided pyramid-like peak ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sutlej River → originatesNear → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Shiva → abode → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Shiva → associatedWith → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Shaivism → majorPilgrimageSite → Kailash Mountain ⓘ

linked to: Mount Kailash

Transhimalaya → notableFeature → Mount Kailash area ⓘ

linked to: Mount Kailash

Lake Manasarovar region → adjacentTo → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Kubera → abode → Alaka on Mount Kailasa ⓘ

linked to: Mount Kailash

Lake Rakshastal → locatedNear → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Lake Rakshastal → viewpointFor → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Kailasa → relatedButDistinctFrom → Mount Kailash (physical mountain in Tibet) ⓘ

linked to: Mount Kailash

Bholenath → associatedAbode → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Kailash Range → contains → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Kailash Range → highestPeak → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Kailash Range → knownFor → sacred peak Mount Kailash ⓘ

linked to: Mount Kailash

Kailash Range → sacredCenter → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Rishabhanatha → mokshaPlace → Mount Kailash (per many Jain traditions) ⓘ

linked to: Mount Kailash

Saga Dawa → associatedLocation → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Vellingiri Hills → alsoKnownAs → Dakshina Kailash ⓘ

linked to: Mount Kailash

Lake Manasarovar → locatedNear → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Ngari Prefecture → contains → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Darchen → locatedNear → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Rakshastal → overlookedBy → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrimage route → hasSacredSite → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrimage route → hasSegment → Kora around Mount Kailash ⓘ

linked to: Mount Kailash

Alakapuri → locatedNear → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Mount Kailasa region → hasPeak → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Dolma La Pass → near → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Demchok → associatedWith → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Gang Rinpoche → alternateName → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Gang Rinpoche → alternateName → Kailash ⓘ

linked to: Mount Kailash

Kailāsa Parvata → hasNameVariant → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Kangrinboqê Peak → alsoKnownAs → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Tukje Chenpo → near → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Dola → near → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Lhaksang → near → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Nandideva → associatedWith → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Cave 16 → namedAfter → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Adinatha → associatedWith → Mount Kailash (in some Jain traditions) ⓘ

linked to: Mount Kailash

Mahadeva → abode → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Shiva’s ganas → associatedWithPlace → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Humla–Purang border crossing → near → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Gurla Mandhata → near → Mount Kailash ⓘ

Lipulekh Pass → onRouteTo → Mount Kailash ⓘ

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