OVERVIEW
Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and Pilgrimage is a journey of a lifetime. This trip takes you to Kailash Mansarovar through Lhasa by flight and you exit by road through Kerung. Kailash is the holiest mountain in the world for Hindus, Buddhists, Bonpo and Jain. This holy mountain is a part of the Trans – Himalayans in far western Tibet, near the source of four of the longest rivers in Asia: The Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, and Karnali River. For the Hindus, Kailash is the abode of Lord Shiva.
Circumambulating the mountain is called Parikrama. Pilgrims still practice it on foot as ancient rituals of devotion with believe that it will bring good fortune in their life. Hindus and Buddhists do the Parikrama in the clockwise direction and Jain and Bonpo followers in anticlockwise direction. Likewise, Lake Mansarovar is the highest freshwater lake in the world. Pilgrims believe that the water of the lake will wash away their sins if they drink the water from the lake or take bath in it. They believe that, going on Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and Pilgrimage will make their life complete and brings good fortune in their life.