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Scientific name
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Bos grunniens Linn.
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Common name
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Yak (English, Hindi and All languages)
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Sanskrit
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Chamarah
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Distribution
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Throughout the Himalayan region, Primarily Ladakh (Jammu & Kashmir)
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Religious association
While the yak itself is not sacred, its bushy tail is in great demand as a fly whisk (fan) in many Buddhist monasteries of Ladakh and Tibet, and north Indian temples and palaces.
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Source: “Sacred Animals Of India” by Nanditha Krishna, (Penguin Book India, 2010)
http://firebirdfarms.com/why-yak/
https://www.deutsches-informationszentrum-sikhreligion.de/SiriGuruGranthSahib_de.php
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