Kangrinboqê Peak

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Kangrinboqê Peak is the Tibetan name for Mount Kailash, a sacred mountain in the Himalayas revered in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bon.

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Label Occurrences
Kangrinboqê Peak canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Himalayan mountain ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
sacred mountain ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gang Rinpoche ⓘ
Kailāsa Parvata ⓘ
Mount Kailash ⓘ
climbingPolicy ascent prohibited for religious reasons ⓘ
climbingStatus unclimbed ⓘ
closestMajorSettlement Darchen ⓘ
consideredSacredBy Bonpo practitioners ⓘ
Buddhists ⓘ
Hindus ⓘ
Jains ⓘ
country China ⓘ
elevation 21778 ft ⓘ
6638 m ⓘ
facesAssociatedWith four cardinal directions ⓘ
firstAscent none (no recorded ascent) ⓘ
hasGlaciers yes ⓘ
koraLength about 52 km ⓘ
latitudeApprox 31.07°N ⓘ
locatedIn Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
Transhimalaya ⓘ
western Tibet ⓘ
linked to: Western Tibet
longitudeApprox 81.31°E ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation Mount Meru representation in Hindu cosmology ⓘ
abode of Lord Shiva in Hinduism ⓘ
home of Demchok (Chakrasamvara) in Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
nine-story swastika mountain in Bon tradition ⓘ
site of first Tirthankara’s liberation in Jainism ⓘ
near Lake Manasarovar ⓘ
Lake Rakshastal ⓘ
partOf Gangdise Range ⓘ
linked to: Kailash Range
pilgrimagePractice kora circumambulation ⓘ
prominence 1319 m ⓘ
protectedStatus religiously protected landscape ⓘ
region Ngari Prefecture ⓘ
religiousSignificanceIn Bon ⓘ
Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
shapeDescribedAs four-sided pyramid ⓘ
sourceRiverOf Brahmaputra River (Yarlung Tsangpo) vicinity ⓘ
Indus River system ⓘ
linked to: Indus River

Karnali River vicinity ⓘ
Sutlej River ⓘ

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Mount Kailash → localName → Kangrinboqê Peak ⓘ