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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Did you know that no one has ever climbed Mount Kailash? Despite being just 6,638 meters (21,778 feet) high, much lower than ...

My maiden trip to the “Roof of the World” aka Tibet would encompass the famous Lake Manasarovar and Mount Kailash sites. These are located in Western Tibet, and are visited by many people as they are ...

New Delhi: China is delaying an annual Hindu pilgrimage to a mountainside shrine in Tibet by three weeks, the foreign ministry said yesterday. China gave no specific reasons for the delay, saying only ...

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.

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 ...