What is the local name for Mount Everest ?

Mount Everest is known as Chomolungma, Sagarmatha and Everest. The local name for Mount Everest the world’s highest peak is “Chomolungma”, which means “Holy Mother”. Chomolungma is pronounced, “CHOH-moh-LUHNG-m”. Local sherpa, kulung, thulung, khaling indigenous people worship Chomolungma as a goddess with deep respect. Sherpa, kulung, thulung, khaling fall under Kirati. The indigenous Sherpa people … Read more