Adi Kailash ( Kumaoni: आदि कैलाश), also known as Shiva Kailash, Chota Kailash, Baba Kailash or Jonglingkong Peak, is a mountain located in the

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n mountain range in the

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. Both Adi Kailash and

Om Parvat Om Parvat is a mountain located in Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, India. Om Parvat peak elevation is above sea level. Sacred Status It is considered sacred by Hindus and its snow deposition pattern resembles the sacred ' Om' (ॐ). Near Om ...

are considered sacred by

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The Adi Kailash and the

are not one and the same. The Adi Kailash or Chota Kailash is located in a different direction, near Sin La pass and near Brahma Parvat, the base camp of Adi Kailash is 17 km from the Kutti village at sacred Jolingkong Lake with

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temple. Om Parvat can be viewed in route to the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra from the last camp below

Lipulekh Pass Lipulekh () is a Himalayan pass in Kalapani territory is on the border of India, Nepal and China. It is one of the routes for the pilgrimage to Mount Kailash and Mansarovar in Tibet, China. Tourism This pass links the Byans valley of Uttarakh ...

at Nabhidhang India-China border post protected by the

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also has

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guest house on the Indian side. Many trekkers to Adi Kailash often make a diversion to view Om Parvat. Om Parvat is located near Nabhi Dhang camp on

Mount Kailash Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; ''Kangrinboqê'' or ''Gang Rinpoche''; Standard Tibetan, Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; ; sa, कैलास, ), is a mountain in the Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It h ...

Lake Manasarovar Lake Manasarovar (Sanskrit: मानसरोवर), also called Mapam Yutso (;) locally, is a high altitude freshwater lake fed by the Kailash Glaciers near Mount Kailash in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The l ...

yatra route.

First Ascent

From 19 Sept to 14 Oct 2002 the first attempt, which was abandoned short of the summit because of very loose snow and rock conditions, was made by an Indo-Aussie-British-Scottish team including Martin Moran, T. Rankin, M. Singh, S. Ward, A. Williams and R. Ausden. The climbers promised not to ascend the final out of respect for the peak's holy status. On 8 October 2004, the first successful ascent of Adi Kailash was by the British-Scottish-American team composed of Tim Woodward, Jack Pearse, Andy Perkins ( UK); Jason Hubert, Martin Welch, Diarmid Hearns, Amanda George (

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); and Paul Zuchowski (

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), who did not ascend the final few metres out of respect for the sacred nature of the summit.

Adi Kailash Yatra Circuit

The Adi Kailash

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Circuit begins by going up the

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and then going to Kuthi Yankti Valley (India) via the Sin La pass to join the

Tibetan pilgrimage route down the

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. Motoroable Route to Adi Kailash is via Gunji. While approaching Gunji from Dharcula and the rest of India, the route along the western bank of

(also called Mahakali River) at Gunji forks into two separate motorable routes, one goes north to Kailash-Mansarovar and another to the west to Adi Kailash. In July 2020, India also opened a newly constructed road in this area from Gunji to Limpiyadhura Pass (Lampiya Dhura Pass on

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) which has reduced the trek time to Adi Kailash to two hours.Kalyan Das and BD Kasniyal
Road to Limpiyadhura will reduce Adi Kailash trek to two hours
Hindustan Times, 17 July 2020. Earlier in May 2020, India had inaugurated a new 80 km long road from

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