Mount Kailash: Stairway to Heaven or Axis Mundi?

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. Pilgrims call it the centre of the world. Geologists call it a young uplift inside the Gangdise range. Both […]