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'''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"/>

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

From Sept 19th to Oct 14th 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=hj_2007/><ref name="aaj_2003"/><ref name=LK1/>

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://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&nbsp;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>

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