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100			_aMckay, Alex _9111135
245			_aKailas histories: Renunciate traditions and the construction of himalayan sacred geography
260			_aNew Delhi _bManohar _c2024
300			_axx, 530 p . : ill. _bIncludes bibliographical references and index
520			_aTibet'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.
650			_a Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--China--Kailas _9752117
650			_aTibet region--Religious life and customs _9752118
650			_aMount. Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--History _9752119
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