Tibetan Himalayas

• Sacred Geography:

☗ Mount Kailasha (6638 m) (Pancha Kailasha) (Paadal Petra Sthalam)
↪ Kailash (Abode of Lord Shiva)

► River Indus (Sindhu) (Sindhu) Udgam → Near Mount Kailasha

► River Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo) Udgam → Near Mount Kailasha

► River Ghaghara (Karnali) (Sarayu) (Karnali in Nepal) (later Sarayu in Ayodhya) Udgam → Mapchachungo Glacier

► River Sutlej (Shatadru) (Shatadru) Udgam → Near Lake Rakshastal

◼ Lake Manasarovar
↪ Manasarovar (Shakti Peetha) (Pancha Sarovar)

◼ Lake Rakshastal

• Pilgrimages:

• Tibetan Himalayas (Tibet):
► Indus (Sindhu) (3180 km) - Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo) (3000 km) - Ghaghara (Sarayu) (1080 km) - Sutlej (Shatadru) (1450 km) Udgam
- Sengge Zangbo (Indus Udgam)
- Angsi Glacier (Brahmaputra Udgam)
- Mapchachungo Glacier (Ghaghara Udgam)
- Rakshastal (Sutlej Udgam)
...
- Mount Kailash (Pancha Kailasha)
- Manasarovar (Shakti Peetha)

► ► Kailash (Pancha Kailasha) (Paadal Petra Sthalam)
(Tibet, Tibet)

☗ Mount Kailash (~6638 m)
◼ Lake Manasarovar (~4588 m) -- nearby
◼ Lake Rakshastal (~4575 m) -- nearby

► River Indus (Sindhu) Udgam -- nearby
► River Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo) Udgam -- nearby
► River Ghaghara (Karnali) (Sarayu) Udgam -- nearby
► River Sutlej (Shatadru) Udgam -- nearby

(Tibetan Himalayas)

• Shiva: Kailasha is the abode of Lord Shiva.
- Mount Kailash

• Saints: Saints associated with Kailash:

○ Milarepa (1052 - 1135 CE): Milarepa meditated in various caves of the Himalayas which includes his stay in Kailash region and meditating there.
- Caves where Milarepa meditated

○ Trailanga Swami (1607 - 1887 CE): Trailanga Swami travelled through the Himalayas and visited Kailash and Manasarovar.

► ► Manasarovar (Pancha Sarovar) (Shakti Peetha)
(Tibet, Tibet)

☗ Mount Kailash (~6638 m) -- nearby
◼ Lake Manasarovar (~4588 m)
◼ Lake Rakshastal (~4575 m) -- nearby

► River Indus (Sindhu) Udgam -- nearby
► River Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo) Udgam -- nearby
► River Ghaghara (Karnali) (Sarayu) Udgam -- nearby
► River Sutlej (Shatadru) Udgam -- nearby

(Tibetan Himalayas)

(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

• Devi: Devi abides in Manasarovar as Manasa Shakti Peetha (identified with Lake Manasarovar).
- Lake Manasarovar

मानसे दक्षहस्तो मे देवी दाक्षायणी हर ।
अमरो भैरवस्तत्र सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकः ॥
- Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 12 (Manasarovar has the Manasa Shakti Peetha where the Daksha Hasta of Devi had fallen)

• Saints: Saints associated with Manasarovar:

○ Trailanga Swami (1607 - 1887 CE): Trailanga Swami travelled through the Himalayas and visited Kailash and Manasarovar. He also visited Manasarovar later with Baba Lokenath and Beni Madhav.

○ Baba Lokenath (1730 - 1890 CE): Baba Lokenath travelled in the Himalayas with Trailanga Swami and Beni Madhav and visited Manasarovar.

(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

▬ Manasa Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Manasa Shakti Peetha where the Daksha Hasta (Right Hand) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Dakshayani and the Bhairava is called Amara.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 12)