Tirthapuri.

The only other point of pilgrimage considered essential to the traveler in the Kailash region is Tirthapuri,located on the sutlej river. The traditional order of the pilgrimage is first to circumambulate Manasarovar, then Kailash and then to go to Tirthapuri. while some may reverse the order of the first two sites, Tirthapuri is almost always final stop.Perhaps this has something to do with the soothing waters of the shallow hot springs,where weary travelers can relax,soak their feet and contemplate the adventures they have undergone. Tirthputi is best known for being a sacred place of Padmasanbhava and his consort Yeshe Tsogyel. The monastery,which was formerly connected with Hemis monastery in Ladakh,was completely destroyed during cultural revolution and rebuilt in the 1980s. Behind the monastery is a cave where Padmasambhava and Yeshe Tsogyel both meditated and a granite rock with their embedded footprints. The hot springs are surrounded by pink and white limestone terraces,which make a favorite picnic spot for Tibetans. Small pure opaque calcium balls are founded among the terraces;search carefully for these small beads are considered to be powerful medicine.