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Mount Kailash: How faith, geography and geopolitics shaped a modern pilgrimage
September 04, 2026 3:05 pm
For centuries, reaching Mount Kailash meant an arduous journey across some of the Himalayas’ most difficult terrain. Today, roads and infrastructure are transforming access to the sacred mountain — raising new questions about development and ecological limits. How did Kailash become one of the world’s most revered modern pilgrimages, and what do faith, colonial history and geopolitics have to do with its journey?
52 km, 5,630 metres, half the oxygen: Why the Kailash yatra is an ordeal
August 27, 2026 5:48 pm
The clock struck 8.37 am. Or it might have been 8.38. Somewhere up in the mountains on the Nepal-Tibet border there was a glacial collapse. It felt like an earthquake but it wasn't. It was a flash flood.
China opens new land route for Indian pilgrims travelling to Mount Kailash
June 22, 2015 10:16 am
The first group of Indian pilgrims entered Tibet via a Himalayan pass in mid-morning for the 12-day trip to Mount Kailash, which will also take in a holy lake.
Gujarat has done best work to protect environment: Modi
August 03, 2013 2:52 am
Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday claimed that the Gujarat government had taken care of environment while promoting industries in the state and that the job done had been the best in the country
The God Particle
April 24, 2013 3:40 am
From tattoos and books to TV serials,Lord Shiva seems to have become the new muse for creative minds
India,China,Nepal join hands to save Mt Kailash
April 12, 2010 2:43 am
India,China and Nepal are set to launch a joint conservation initiative for the Mount Kailash landscape.
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