view of south face of mount kailash, with its distinctive vertical cleft running down the center of the rock face, tibet

abode accommodation autonomous basic bon buddhism buddhist china cleft dirapuk face fixed gang gangdisaaordf hinduism jainism kailasa kailash layer major meru mount mountain ngari north padmasambhava pilgrimage prefecture range region rinpoche rock sacred shiva site strata swastika tent text tibet tradition transhimalaya vertical view circumambulation trek