The Kinnaur Kailasha (locally known as ''Kinner Kailash'') is a mountain in the

Kinnaur district Kinnaur is one of the twelve administrative districts of the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The district is divided into three administrative areas (Kalpa, Nichar (Bhabanagar), and Pooh) and has six tehsils. The administrative h ...

of the

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Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

. Kinnaur Kailash peak has a height of 6050 meters and is considered sacred by both

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and

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Kinnauris. This mountain is sometimes confused with the

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 ...

in Tibet. The monolithic pillar (Shivling) is located at an altitude of around 4800 meters. The Kinnaur Kailash Range borders the district of

Kinnaur Kinnaur is one of the twelve administrative districts of the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The district is divided into three administrative areas (Kalpa, Nichar (Bhabanagar), and Pooh) and has six tehsils. The administrative he ...

in the south and is dominated by Jorkanden (elevation- 6473m) peaks.

Jorkanden Jorkanden is a 6,473-metre Himalayan peak in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is the highest peak in the Kinner Kailash range of the Greater Himalayas. An expedition team of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police first climbed the peak on 26 May, ...

is the highest peak in the Kinner-Kailash range.

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Geography of Kinnaur district Mountains of Himachal Pradesh Shiva temples in India Six-thousanders of the Himalayas {{HimachalPradesh-geo-stub