Adi Kailash

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{{short description|Mountain in Uttarakhand, India}}
[[File:Adi Kailash.jpg|thumb]]
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Adi Kailash
| elevation_m = 5945
| elevation_ref = <ref name="aaj_2015"/>
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| location = [[Pithoragarh district]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]
| range = [[Himalayas]]
| map = India#India Uttarakhand
| map_caption = Location in India
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|30.319137|N|80.632568|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| first_ascent = 8 October 2004<ref name="aaj_2005"/><ref name=hj_2007/>
| easiest_route = Southwest ridge: glacier/snow/rock climb ([[Grade (climbing)|PD+/AD-]])
}}

'''Adi Kailash''' ([[Kumaoni language|Kumaoni]]: आदि कैलाश), also known as '''Shiva Kailash''', '''Chota Kailash''', '''Baba Kailash''' or '''Jonglingkong Peak''', is a mountain located in the [[Himalaya]]n mountain range in the [[Pithoragarh district]] of [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]].

Both Adi Kailash and [[Om Parvat]] are considered sacred by [[Hinduism|Hindus]].<ref name="aaj_2003"/>

==About==

The Adi Kailash and the [[Om Parvat]] are not one and the same.<ref name=peakware/>

The Adi Kailash or Chota Kailash is located in a different direction, near [[Sin La]] pass and near Brahma Parvat, the base camp of Adi Kailash is 17 km from the Kutti village at sacred Jolingkong Lake with [[Lord]] [[Shiva]] temple.<ref name=peakware/><ref name=LK1/>

Om Parvat can be viewed in route to the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra from the last camp below [[Lipulekh Pass]] at Nabhidhang India-China border post protected by the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] also has [[Public Works Department]] guest house on the Indian side.<ref name=AN1/> Many trekkers to Adi Kailash often make a diversion to view Om Parvat. Om Parvat is located near Nabhi Dhang camp on [[Mount Kailash]]-[[Lake Manasarovar]] yatra route.<ref name=peakware/>

==First Ascent==
From 19 Sept to 14 Oct 2002 the first attempt, which was abandoned {{Convert|200|m|ft|-1|abbr=on}} short of the summit because of very loose snow and rock conditions, was made by an Indo-Aussie-British-Scottish team including Martin Moran, T. Rankin, M. Singh, S. Ward, A. Williams and R. Ausden. The climbers promised not to ascend the final {{Convert|10|m|ft|-1}} out of respect for the peak's holy status.<ref name="aaj_2003"/><ref name=LK1/><ref name=hj_2007/>

On 8 October 2004, the first successful ascent of Adi Kailash was by the British-Scottish-American team composed of Tim Woodward, Jack Pearse, Andy Perkins ([[United Kingdom|UK]]); Jason Hubert, Martin Welch, Diarmid Hearns, Amanda George ([[Scotland]]); and Paul Zuchowski ([[United States|USA]]), who did not ascend the final few metres out of respect for the sacred nature of the summit.<ref name="aaj_2005"/><ref name=hj_2007/>

== Adi Kailash Yatra Circuit==
The '''Adi Kailash [[Yatra]] Circuit''' begins by going up the [[Darma Valley]] and then going to [[Kuthi Valley|Kuthi Yankti Valley]] (India) via the [[Sin La]] pass to join the [[Mount Kailash]]-[[Lake Manasarovar]] Tibetan pilgrimage route down the [[Sharda River]].<ref name=LK1/> Motoroable Route to Adi Kailash is via [[Gunji, Uttarakhand|Gunji]]. While approaching Gunji from Dharcula and the rest of India, the route along the western bank of [[Sharda River]] (also called Mahakali River) at Gunji forks into two separate motorable routes, one goes north to Kailash-Mansarovar and another to the west to Adi Kailash.<ref name=kalu2/> In July 2020, India also opened a newly constructed road in this area from Gunji to Limpiyadhura Pass (Lampiya Dhura Pass on [[Line of Actual Control|India-China border]]) which has reduced the trek time to Adi Kailash to two hours.<ref name=kalu2>Kalyan Das and BD Kasniyal, [https://archive.today/20200717183017/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/road-to-limpiyadhura-will-reduce-adi-kailash-trek-to-two-hours/story-fDg3O1RB4JyBTdk3CLnK4M.html Road to Limpiyadhura will reduce Adi Kailash trek to two hours], Hindustan Times, 17 July 2020.</ref> Earlier in May 2020, India had inaugurated a new 80 km long road from [[Dharchula]] via Gunji to [[Lipulekh Pass]] on [[Line of Actual Control|India-China border]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>under geostrategic [[India-China Border Roads]] project<nowiki>]</nowiki> to the [[Lake Manasarovar#Religious significance|Kailas]]-[[Mount Kailash#Religious significance|Manasarovar]].<ref name=kalu1>Suhasini Haidar, [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/new-road-to-kailash-mansarovar-runs-into-diplomatic-trouble/article31545943.ece New road to Kailash Mansarovar runs into diplomatic trouble], The Hindu, 9 May 2020.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Char Dham]]
* [[Hindu pilgrimage sites in India]]
* [[Kalapani territory]]
* [[Yatra]]

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="aaj_2015">
{{cite journal | journal = [[American Alpine Journal]] | publisher = American Alpine Club | year = 2015
| url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201213111/Cheepaydang-South-Face-and-Southwest-Ridge
| title=Cheepaydang, South Face and Southwest Ridge |author=Moran, Martin}}</ref>
<ref name="aaj_2005">
{{cite journal | journal = [[American Alpine Journal]] | publisher = American Alpine Club | year = 2005
| title = Adi (a.k.a. Chota or Little) Kailash (5,925m), First Ascent
| author = Moran, Martin
| url = http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200537800/Asia-India-Garhwal-Adi-aka-Chota-or-Little-Kailash-5925m-First-Ascent-Nikarchu-Qilla-The-Fortress-of-Nikarchu-5750m-First-Ascent
| access-date = 20 April 2019 | url-status = live
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420164912/http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200537800/Asia-India-Garhwal-Adi-aka-Chota-or-Little-Kailash-5925m-First-Ascent-Nikarchu-Qilla-The-Fortress-of-Nikarchu-5750m-First-Ascent
| archive-date=20 April 2019 }}</ref>
<ref name="aaj_2003">
{{cite journal | journal = [[American Alpine Journal]] | publisher = American Alpine Club | year = 2003
| title = Asia, India, Kumaon, Adi Kailash Range, First Ascents and an Attempt on Adi Kailash
| author = Moran, Martin | pages = 365–366
| url = http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200336502/Asia-India-Kumaon-Adi-Kailash-Range-First-Ascents-and-an-Attempt-on-Adi-Kailash
| url-status = live
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106194223/http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200336502/Asia-India-Kumaon-Adi-Kailash-Range-First-Ascents-and-an-Attempt-on-Adi-Kailash
| archive-date=6 November 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name=AN1>
{{Cite web |url=http://www.asianews.network/content/editorial-borderline-blues-2763
| title= Borderline blues | publisher = AsiaNews | date = 28 October 2015 | access-date=17 April 2016
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428075712/http://www.asianews.network/content/editorial-borderline-blues-2763
| archive-date=28 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name=hj_2007>
{{cite journal | journal = [[Himalayan Journal]] | year = 2007 | volume = 63
| url = https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/63/7/three-weeks-in-paradise-exploring-the-adi-kailash-range/
| access-date = 20 April 2019 | title = Three Weeks in Paradise: Exploring the Adi Kailash Range | author = Moran, Martin}}</ref>
<ref name=LK1>
{{cite web |url=http://www.moran-mountain.co.uk/moran-mountaineering/kailash-expedition-reports.htm
| title=Moran-Mountain.co.uk Little Kailash expedition 2012 |access-date=17 April 2016
| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170204160227/http://www.moran-mountain.co.uk/moran-mountaineering/kailash-expedition-reports.htm
| archive-date=4 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=peakware>{{cite peakware|name=Om Parvat|id=4370|accessdate=20 April 2019}}</ref>
}}

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