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| Kangrinboqe has a reddish large level platform at mid level, with jagged edge from ice and snow weathering. | The Gandise Mountains lie from east to west in the south of Tibet. Among its steep cliffs and glaciers is its main peak, Kangrinboqe, located in Pulan County, Ali Prefecture in Tibet. It i s a world--acknowledged holy mountain and regarded as the centre of the world by Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, Bon(the primitive religion of Tibet)and ancient Jainism.
The 6, 638-meter Kangrinboqe is the source of four of Asia's major rivers. From the snow-capped summit rise the Shiquan(which becomes the River Indus), the Maquan (which becomes the Yarlung Tsangpo River and then the Brahmaputra), the Xiangquan(which becomes the Sutlej River)and the Kongque(which becomes the Ganges). Kangrinboqe's crystal-clear and white snow-capped summit and Mount Namnani., which Tibetans call the "Mountain of the Goddess,"face each other from afar. Between the two lie the beautiful holy and pure Mapangyongco Lake and the changeable Devil Lake-La'angco.
Kangrinboqe is formed of several
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| Laqu Valley at the foot of the mountain. | thousands-of ¨Cmeter thick layers of ordinary gravels, pebbles, grit and conglomerate. The different properties of these strata, tectonic changes from different directions, and lon9-time natural weathering have combined to form today's odd-looking "Mountain of the Goddess." Among the myriad of peaks, Kangrinboqe shoots directly skywards,its icy, snow-covered summit merging as one with the white clouds. The natural platform halfway up the mountain, the result of prolong weatherin9, looks like a hanging ladder flanked by sheer precipices leading to the clouds. It makes the whole mountain even more majestic and imposing and worthy of the name of the "heaven-made divine palace."
There are five temples in Kangrinboqe's vicinity--the Nianri, Zhilapu, Songchu Jiangzha, and Sailong temples. Kangrinboqe has always been an enchanting place for pilgrims and explorers, but up till today, not a soul has been able to scale the holy mountain or dared to trespass into the centre of this world
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