Mount Kailash: Stairway to Heaven or Axis Mundi?

By Theodora “Theo” Marsh · Published May 8, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 Last reviewed: May 8, 2026. Mount Kailash rises in the far west of Tibet as a near-pyramidal block of black conglomerate and pale quartzite, 6,638 metres above sea level, and four river systems begin their work within sight of its base. […]