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Yamdrok Lake. The geography of Tibet consists of the high mountains, lakes and rivers lying between Central, East and South Asia.Traditionally, Western (European and American) sources have regarded Tibet as being in Central Asia, though today's maps show a trend toward considering all of modern China, including Tibet, to be part of East Asia.
The mountain is a holy pilgrimage site for both Hindus and Tibetans. The Hindus consider the mountain to be the abode of Lord Shiva. The Tibetan name for Mount Kailash is Khang Rinpoche. Tibet has numerous high-altitude lakes referred to in Tibetan as tso or co.
The Tibetan Plateau is surrounded by the massive mountain ranges [19] of high-mountain Asia. The plateau is bordered to the south by the inner Himalayan range, to the north by the Kunlun Mountains, which separate it from the Tarim Basin, and to the northeast by the Qilian Mountains, which separate the plateau from the Hexi Corridor and Gobi Desert.
The traditional or mythological explanation of the Tibetan people's origin is that they are the descendants of the human Pha Trelgen Changchup Sempa and rock ogress Ma Drag Sinmo. It is thought that most of the Tibeto-Burman speakers in southwest China, including Tibetans, are direct descendants from the ancient Qiang people. [10]
For the Bon people, the mountain is the abode of sky goddess Sipaimen and the mountain was the centre of the ancient Bon empire of Zhang Zhung. [12] [81] [82] As per Tibetan beliefs, the mountain was the centre of the universe Mandala and the source of the mythical Lion, Horse, Peacock, and Elephant Rivers which flowed in the four cardinal ...
Cultural depictions of Tibetan people (1 C, 6 P) E. People from the Tibetan Empire (2 C, 26 P) L. Lamas from Tibet (5 C, 41 P) M. Tibetan Marxists (1 P) T. Tibetan ...
Pages in category "Mountain ranges of Tibet" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Assam Himalaya; D.
Kawa Karpo is one of the most sacred mountains for Tibetan Buddhism as the spiritual home of a warrior god of the same name. [3] [5] [6] It is visited by 20,000 pilgrims each year from throughout the Tibetan world; [7] many pilgrims circumambulate the peak, an arduous 240 km (150 mi) trek [6] Although it is important throughout Tibetan Buddhism, it is the local Tibetans that are the day-to-day ...