The huge Kailasa (Kailash) Temple, Ellora, Maharashtra State, India"Cut from the rock in the Hindu section of the world-heritage cave temples at Ellora, a project which took 150 years and entailed the removal of 200,000 tons of rock"

Prayer flags on top of low pass on Barga Plain, with Mount Kailas (Kailash) beyond, sacred mountain for Buddhists and Hindus, Tibet, China, Asia

Prayer flags over sky burial site, Lake Manasarovar (Manasarowar), sacred lake just south of Kailas (Kailash), Tibet, China, Asia

Yak train approaches Tarboche, prayer flag pole in Lha Chu canyon, on the kora round sacred mountain, Mount Kailas (Kailash), Tibet, China, Asia

Buddhist prayer stones at sky burial site above Tarboche in Lhu Chu canyon, beneath sacred mountain, on kora route, Mount Kailas (Kailash), Tibet, China, Asia

Yak herd on foreshore, sacred lake Manasarovar (Manasarowar), Kailas (Kailash) region, Tibet, China, Asia

A woman walking through a corridor in the Hindu temple in the Kailash (Kailaszanatha) cave temple in Ellora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Pilgrims doing the Kora around the holy mountain Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, China, Asia

Chortens, prayer stupas below the holy mountain Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, China, Asia

Part of the outer circle of the Naba Kailash Mandir comprising 74 of the 108 Shiva temples built in 1809, Kalna, West Bengal, India, Asia

Stone Diya Stambha pillar in the Kailash Temple, Ellora Caves, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Landscape including Chiu Gompa beside Lake Manasarovar on the Barga plain with Mount Kailas (Mount Kailash), sacred to Buddhists and Hindus behind, in Tibet, China, Asia

Pilgrims doing the Kora around the holy mountain Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims on the kora, walking around Mount Kailas (Mount Kailash), which is sacred to Buddhists and Hindus, Tibet, China, Asia

Pilgrim doing the Kora around the holy mountain Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, China, Asia

Gurla mandata. Tibet. Symbolizing interpenetration of phenomena, sacred sites in tibet often places where male female elements in landscape joined-a mountain a lake, example

Gurla mandata. Tibet. barkha plain stretches as clouds light gather above bonpo mountain tagri trawo, tiger-striped mountain, known on english maps by sanskrit name, gurla mandhata with rakshas glittering beyond expanse of pilgrim tents

Kailash, tibe

Kailash, tibe

Fishermen and boats on Kailash Beach near Pondicherry in India

Fishermen and boats on Kailash Beach near Pondicherry in India

Tibetan Mani Stones in front of Chorten or Stupas at the holy pilgrimage site of Thirtapuri, Mount Kailash, Ngari Province, western Tibet, Tibet, China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, monastery on the mountain slope, rocks, Chiu Gompa, snow-covered sacred Mount Kailash, south side with channel, Gang-Tise-Mountains, Trans-Himalaya, Himalayas, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

Stupas along the Mt. Kailash Kora pilgrimage route, Western Tibet, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, monastery on the mountain slope, rocks, Chiu Gompa, snow-covered sacred Mount Kailash, south side with channel, Gang-Tise-Mountains, Trans-Himalaya, Himalayas, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

Chiu Gompa Over Mount Kailash In Tibet