Burang, known as Purang in Tibet and Taklakot in Nepali, is a county of administration in Ngari Perfecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region. As its southwestern borders with Nepal and neighbors with India, so It’s a significant customs point between Tibet, India and Nepal. Nowadays, it’s a must-go place if tourist go west of Tibet to Visit Mt Kailash and Lake Manasarovar.
Purang has a legend of Purang kingdom, which appeared shortly in history back to early 7thcentury CE when Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo conquered Lying Tiger fort that was built during the Zhangzhuung Dynasty. In the 10thcentury, it became the main fort of the Burang Kingdom controlled by one of son of Guge Kingdom–King Kori. Later King Logtsha Tsensong founded his own kingdom, which led to the separation of Guge and Burang kingdoms. It’s said that Burang Kingdom collapsed before 1376, its territory was dominated gradually by Guge and Mustang Kingdoms.
Lake ManasarovarLake Manasarovar, also named Mapam Yurso, lies at 4,590m above sea level, a freshwater lake fed by the glaciers from Kailash in Tibet. The lake is revered a sacred place in four religons: Hunduism, Bon, Buddhism and Jainism. It’s believed that Lake manasarovar is a personification of purity, if one drinks water from the lake will go to the abode of Shiva after death who is believed to have the power to clean of all his sins even a hundred lifetime in Hinduism. The founder of the Bon religion – Tonpa Shenrab, washed in the lake when he went to visit Tibet for the first time. The Buddhism is also associated the lake with the legendary lake Anavatapta where Maya is said to have conceived Buddha. Devout pilgrims from all over the world go to do circumambulation around the lake.
