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Moving mountain. (Mount Kailash)
Mount Kailash, in western Tibet, attracts several thousand pilgrims every year.
On the walls of the southwest corner of the famous gallery of bas-reliefs in Cambodia's Angkor Wat, a carving shows the demon-king Ravana shaking an enormous pyramid-shaped mountain. The mountain is the mythological Mount Kailash, and Ravana is trying to dislodge the Hindu god Shiva who is sitting on its summit with his consort Parvati. The same legend is depicted in temples throughout the Hindu world. Shiva the destroyer and creator is one of the two most worshipped gods in the Hindu pantheon, and Mount Kailash is his home.
Mount Meru, another mythological peak, is thought ...
- MYSTICAL TREK; 'Sites' along Silk Road seen in Sackler exhibit.(ARTS)(ON VIEW)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times June 15, 2002 700+ words
...hell feeling. The image "Mount Kailash, Tibet," the Himalayan snow-covered...the arid landscape of western Tibet echo his words on the introductory...of the snow-capped peak of Mount Kailash in Tibet (top left) is among the...
- Pilgrims: Becoming the Path Itself.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Geographical Lamb, Octavia December 1, 2003 700+ words
...present two Buddhist pilgrimages, one to and around Tibet's Mount Kailash ('the spiritual and physical centre of the universe...which a sand is constructed around a symbol of Mount Kailash. In the event, the Dalai Lama, who oversees...
- S S Pangtey - preserving Kumaon's Bhotiya culture.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. May 26, 2006 700+ words
...Dokpas until China invaded Tibet and the subsequent Sino...proceed to the trade marts of Tibet to barter or sell jaggery...sometimes accompany their men to Tibet to undertake the pilgrimage to the sacred Mount Kailash, abode of Lord Shiva and...
- Here Be Yaks.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch January 1, 2008 700+ words
...Her Be Yaks: Travels in Far West Tibet is a travelogue chronicling a group...upon an extraordinary journey to Tibet's Mount Kailash, a peak revered by four faiths...Here Be Yaks is an amazing look at Tibet through a visitor's eyes, and...
- Hindu group condemns China's decision to defer Kailash yatra.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. May 29, 2008 700+ words
...and India journey to the 22,000-foot Mount Kailash in the Himalayas and nearby Lake Mansarovar...apparent reference to recent unrest in Tibet. Mount Kailsh and Mansarovar are both situated in the Tibet Autonomous region, through which the...
- Briefly Noted.
- Magazine article from: Airline Industry Information November 16, 1999 700+ words
...verify Y2K compliance. Nepal has asked the Chinese government to allow Nepali airlines to operate services over Mount Kailash in Tibet in order to provide tourist with an aerial view of the mountain, which is considered scared by Hindus and Buddhists...
- Mansarovar pilgrimage comes to an end.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. September 25, 2003 700+ words
...pilgrims, including 74 women, in ten batches took the holy dip at the Mansarovar lake and had darshan at the Mount Kailash, situated in Tibet, this year. One person had died due to heart attack during this year's yatra which had remained otherwise...
- OUT & ABOUT.
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) June 11, 2004 700+ words
...afterwards. *CHARLOTTE UHLENBROEK Charlotte Uhlenbroek gives a talk about the sacred Mount Kailash, followed by the screening of a film to raise money for the Free Tibet Campaign. Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, SW7 (020-7324 4605...
