Mckay, Alex <br/><br/>
Kailas histories: Renunciate traditions and the construction of himalayan sacred geography   

 - New Delhi  Manohar  2024 
 - xx, 530 p . : ill.  Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/> Tibet's Mount Kailas is one of the world's great pilgrimage centres, renowned as an ancient sacred site that embodies a universal sacrality. But Kailas Histories: Renunciate Traditions and the Construction of Himalayan Sacred Geography demonstrates that this understanding is a recent construction by British colonial, Hindu modernist, and New Age interests. Using multiple sources, including fieldwork, Alex McKay describes how the early Indic vision of a heavenly mountain named Kailas became identified with actual mountains. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789360807610 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Textual 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--China--Kailas<br/>Tibet region--Religious life and customs<br/>Mount. Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--History