tibetan mantra `om mani padme hum` painted on large rock along mt kailash circumambulation trek. lha chu valley, tibet

abode autonomous avalokiteshvara bodhisattva bon buddha buddhism buddhist china chu circumambulation compassion feature hinduism hum jainism kailash landscape large layperson lha major mani mantra meru monatic mount padme painted pilgrimage popular practice region religion religious rock shiva site six syllable tibet tibetan trek ubiquitous valley walk