Mount Meru
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Mount Meru —also known as Sumeru, Sineru or Mahāmeru—is a sacred, five-peaked mountain present within Hindu, Jain and Buddhist cosmologies, revered as the centre of all physical, metaphysical and spir
Bhutanese thangka of Mt. Meru and the Buddhist universe (19th cent., Trongsa Dzong, Trongsa, Bhutan).
Yuan dynasty 1271–1368) Chinese mandala depicting Mount Meru as an inverted pyramid topped by a lotus.
Tibetan Cakrasaṃvara sand mandala with Mount Meru in the centre.
A mural depicting Mt. Meru, in Wat Sakhet, Bangkok, Thailand.
Mount Kailash
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Mount Kailash is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies in the Gangdise Shan mountain range of the Transhimalaya, in the western part of the Tibetan Plateau. The pea
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…mountain was also described as being surrounded by Mandrachala Mountain to the east, Suparshva Mountain to the west, Kumuda Mountain to the north, and Kailasha to the south. According to Buddhist cosmology, Mount Meru is at the centre of the world, and Jambūdvīpa is south of it. It is 80,000 yojanas wide and…
North face of Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash from the south
An illustration depicting the Hindu holy family of Shiva at Kailasha (c.1810-1820)
Mani stones on the path around Mount Kailash