"He who thinks of Himachala , though he should not behold him, is greater than one who performs all worship in Kashi (Benares).

"He who thinks of Himachala , though he should not behold him, is greater than one who performs all worship in Kashi (Benares). In the hundred ages of the Devas I couldn't tell thee of the glories of Himachala. As the dew is dried up by the morning sun so are the sins of mankind by the sight of Himachala." It is not however necessary to go to the Himalayan Kailas to find Shiva , he dwells where so ever his worshippers abide. and His mystic mount is to be sought in the thousand-petalled lotus (sahasrara-padma) in the body of every human jiva, hence called Shivasthana, to which all, wheresoever situate, may repair when they have learned how to achieve the way thither. ‪Himalaya, the "Abode of Snow," a holy land weighted with the traditions of the Aryan race. Here in these lofty uplands, encircled with everlasting snows, rose the great mountain of the north, the Sapta Kula Parvata. Hence the race itself came, and there its early legends have their setting. There are still shown at Bhimudiyar the caves where the sons of Pandu and Draupadi rested, as did Rama and his faithful wife. In these mountains Munis and Rishis lived. Here also is the Kshetra of Shiva, where Parvati, the daughter of the Mountain King, was born, and where Mother Ganges also has her source. From time immemorial pilgrims have toiled through these mountains to visit the three great shrines of Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath. At Kangri, further north, the pilgrims make the parikrama of Mount Kailasa, where Shiva dwells.