INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Kailas Range, Chinese (Pinyin) Gangdisi Shan or (Wade-Giles romanization) Kang-ti-ssu Shan, Tibetan Gang Tise, also called Gangdisê Range, one of the highest and most rugged parts of the Himalayas, located in the southwestern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwestern China.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kailash, the striking peak standing in the remote south-west corner of Tibet in the Himalayan Mountains. Rising at an elevation of 6638 m (21778 ft) it is one of the highest parts of the Himalayas and serves as a source of some of the longest rivers in Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -As per the information available, the first person to climb Mount Kailash parvat was a Tibetan Buddhist Yogi, Milarepa. He successfully climbed this holy peak in the 11th Century.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Mt Kailash range is made up of thousands of feet of sediment of the Kailash Formation, which sits granitic rocks of the Gangdese batholith. These granitic rocks formed within the southern edge of the Asian continent. As the Indian plate dived underneath Asia, magma formed deep inside the Asian plate.