Why is Tibet’s roughly 22,000-foot Mount Kailash sacred? Depends who you ask. Jains believe it’s where a saint achieved enlightenment. Bonpos believe it’s where their founder descended to Earth.

International campaigners for Tibet have voiced their growing concern about a planned ring road around Mount Kailash, Tibet's most sacred mountain. International campaigners for Tibet have voiced ...

No one has ever climbed this mountain. At least - there are no records of a single person ever making it to the top. Yet it's a peak known across vast swathes of the earth's population - and it ...

The allure of the unexplored lies at the very core of what adventure is all about. For many, simply exploring places that are new to us as individuals is tremendously exciting. To tread where no ...

The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra 2025, one of the most sacred pilgrimages for devotees of Lord Shiva, officially resumed this ...

Tourism officials in Uttarakhand are hoping to revive a viewing point near the Tibetan border called Old Lipu, which offers a majestic view of Mount Kailash in Tibet. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

I finally got to meet our Tibetan tour guide, Feng Jun, in Lhasa, Tibet after seven years of planning. I really admire his professionalism and his work as a guide. With well over two decades of ...

Pilgrims on the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra, a sacred journey to Mount Kailash in Tibet, marked the International Day of Yoga 2025 by performing yoga sessions in Bainang County, Tibet Autonomous Region.

People attend an opening ceremony of a post office at the foot of Mount Kailash. [Photo/China Daily] A post office has been opened at the foot of Mount Kailash in the Tibet autonomous region to ...

I went because: It's an ancient pilgrimage site for Buddhists, Hindus and many others. Don't miss: Trekking in Nepal and shopping in Kathmandu. Don't bother: Staying in the western hotels in Nepal.