Kailash Jain Followers Tour

Just in front of Nandi Parvat there is another Mountain called Ashtapad. Literally, Ashtapad means Mountain of Eight Steps in Sanskrit. This holy mountain often called as "Ratnamaya (precious gemstones), "Rajatadri", and "Sfatikachal" (the crystal palace) by the Jains. Ashtapad has become a spot of peaceful caves for many saints, Rishi's, Monks to do meditation. According to Jainism Ashtapad is the place where the first Tirthankara of Jains, Rishabdev attained Moksha or Nirvana.

Tirthankara means God of Teaching, it shows that the 'fordable path' across the sea of interminable births and rebirth (saṃsāra). Rishabhanatha or Rishabdev is also known as Adinath. In Hinduism, Lord Shiva is generally called as Adinath or the first in Nath Cult.

It is also believed that Mount Kailash is surrounded by eight smaller mountains making it a lotus shape with eight petals. Ashtapad is visited by a large numbers of pilgrims on Kailash Manasarovar Yatra.

To visit ASTHAPAD, we have to walk ten minutes from Serlung Monastery steep up to reach. It takes about 3 hours round trip from Darchen walking.