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Chapter 02
Three Field Trip Reports
5. Nandi Parvat Some people believe that the Nandi Parvat located to the south of Kailash is the Ashtapad. There is Nandi seated at the top of mountain. Some people believe this structure appears as lion and think about this place as Sinha Nishadhya Prasad. Some local guides took pilgrims to show Ashtapad at Nandi Parvat. Information collected by the Jain Center of America, New York and published in volumes also mentions this place as one of the claimants of Ashtapad (Ref. 49). My colleagues from Space Applications Center, Ahmedabad, Dr. S. P. Vyas, Shri Shashikant Sharma and Ms. Yogini Vanikar who visited Kailash Mansarovar during the year 2003 provided ground photograph of Ashtapad which is same as this hillock (Ref. 22, 23, 24). Fig.4: Shows the location of Nandi Parvat to the south of Mount Kailash. Fig.7: Probable site of Ashtapad Maha Tirth and Ashtapad Mountain at Nandi near Kailash - south of Kailash.
Fig. 7: Probable site of Ashtapad Maha Tirth and Ashtapad Mountain at Nandi near Kailash- south of Kailash
6. Mountain between Serlung Gompa & Gyangdrag monastery Some people believe that the Ashtapad Mountain is located in between Serlung Gompa and Gyangdrag or Gangta monastery. Information collected by the Jain Centre of America, NY and published in different volumes also shows on a Map this site as one of the probable site of Ashtapad. (Ref.8). Refer figure-4 for probable sites of Ashtapad Mountain and Ashtapad Maha Tirth between Serlung Gompa and Gyangdrag monastery. Also see figure 8 & 9 which shows area around it.
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Field Trip I & II to locate site for...
