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More than 100 of the nearly 1,300 people missing after massive floods in a border area of Nepal and China were on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, a sacred site in the Himalayas. The disaster left at least 273 people dead and displaced hundreds of people across the Himalayan region.
Here’s what to know about the mountain and its centuries-old role as a pilgrimage site.
A sacred mountain for several religious traditionsMount Kailash is a Himalayan peak in southwestern Tibet, near China’s borders with Nepal and India. It rises more than 6,400 metres above sea level and lies close to Lake Manasarovar. Both have long been part of Sanskrit religious and literary traditions....
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