China, India, and Nepal have agreed to work together to conserve the fragile environment around

the Mt.Kailash region. International Center for Integrated Mountain Development

(ICIMOD),Wildlife Institute of India, the Forest Department of Uttarakhand, the Nepalese
Ministry of Forests, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan
Environment and Development, and the United Nations Environment Program will jointly work
on a project to preserve the fragile Mt. Kailash environment.

Dominating the north of the Himalayan Barrier,  Mt. Kailash is equally venerated as the holiest
pilgrimage site by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Bön-Po. Tibetans regard this mountain as the
manifestation of Mount Meru, “the navel of the earth” where founder of Bon religion, Tonpa
Shenrab, is believed to have descended from heaven, Hindus as the abode of Lord Shiva,
Buddhists as the abode of Samvara and Jains as a scared site where their prophet, Rishaba
attained spiritual enlightenment. Considered to be the abode of the Gods, the summit of
Mt.Kailash has been declared off limits for climbers.A three-day trek (Parikrama or Kora)
around Mt. Kailash over a 5630 meter Drolma La (pass), clockwise for Buddhists and Hindus,
and anti-clockwise for followers of the ancient Bon religion, is said to erase the sins of a lifetime

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