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Burang Town
Burang, known as Purang in Tibetan, is the administrative center of Burang County, Ngari Prefecture of in the Tibet Autonomous Region ''(TAR)'' (China). The town lies at 4755 metres (13,205 feet) altitude in the valley of the Karnali River. To the south are Gurla Mandhata (Mount Namonanyi) and the Abi Gamin ranges. Lake Manasarovar and Mount Kailash are to the north. This region is the mythological and actual river nexus of the Himalaya with sources of the Indus, Ganges and Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra all within of Burang.
==Etymology==
The Tibetan name of the town (''spu hreng'') is a corruption of the Zhang-zhung words ''pu hrang'', meaning 'horse head'. Nepalis and Indians call the town Taklakot (Nepali: , , from Tibetan 'Takla Khar').
Karnali River's ''Peacock Mouth''〔.Snelling, John. (1990). ''The Sacred Mountain: The Complete Guide to Tibet's Mount Kailas''. 1st edition 1983. Revised and enlarged edition, including: Kailas-Manasarovar Travellers' Guide. Forwards by H.H. the Dalai Lama of Tibet and Christmas Humphreys, pp. 74, photo on p. 238. East-West Publications, London and The Hague. ISBN 0-85692-173-4.〕 source is glaciers on the northern slopes of the Himalaya NW of Burang. The ''Lion Mouth'' source of the Indus is east of Mount Kailash and the ''Elephant Mouth'' source of the Sutlej is lakes Manasarovar and Rakshastal. The ''Horse Mouth'' source of the Yarlung Tsanpo (Brahmaputra) is about 90 km. (55 mi.) SE of Lake Manasarovar.
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