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 ...

The journey begins with a bone-jarring four- or five-day road trip to the starting point in a remote, isolated and inhospitable corner of western Tibet. Then the 52km (32-mile) trek over a winding ...

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

Dehradun Oct 31 (UNI) union Road Transport and Highways ministry will construct a 5.4 kilometres tunnel to negotiate dangerous patch enroute Adi Kailash and Kailash Mansarovar towards Indo-Tibet ...

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 ...