India

Mount Kailash–Manasarovar: Where Heaven Keeps Its Address Public

Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar is a trip that quietly chooses you - it is not a journey that you plan… A stark white pyramid rising out of nowhere, a mythical lake that glows impossible shades of turquoise, and a landscape so bare it feels like God forgot to add the furniture. And yet, somehow, this...

Kailash–Manasarovar – Unexplained Mysteries

Kailash-Manasarovar is home to many unsolved mysteries. As they say,

Where Science Shrugs, Myth Smiles & Conspiracy Theories Dance in Circles

Some places on earth politely obey physics. Some bend the rules. And then there’s Kailash–Manasarovar, where laws of nature come on pilgrimage and occasionally take a tea break. Every traveller, sage, scientist, monk, soldier, trekker and slightly paranoid...

Kailash Parikrama — The Loop That Rearranges Your Soul

Kailash Parikrama is the walk that rearranges your soul. There are treks and pilgrimages. And then there’s the Kailash Parikrama — a walk around a mountain that somehow ends up walking around you. Many kilometers circling a peak no one climbs… a journey that feels less like exertion and more like an initiation. Let’s break down the myth,...

Kailash Manasarovar Yatra – Routes, Preparation & Guide

Kailash Manasarovar Yatra is spectacular, yes. But its logistics have the chaotic charm of Indian train ticketing before IRCTC cleaned up. Fear not. Here’s the Beyonder guide. First, a quick summary of the routes and choices that you have. Then we will go into details of each of these…

Kailash Manasarovar Yatra — Routes, Maps & The...

Modern Mystics & Their Kailash Diaries

Modern Mystics are a new kind of pilgrim who have found their way to these stark altitudes in the last century. These are people who carry smartphones in their pockets but ancient questions in their hearts. But the fascination didn’t end with the Puranas... Of course, Kailash has entertained seekers for thousands of years — Rishis,...

Senior travelers and the Kailash pilgrimage

Senior travelers desirous of visiting the sacred Mount Kailash and feeling that they will not be able to, Take heart... Some mountains demand youth. Some demand fitness. Kailash demands neither. What it demands is intention. For decades, the Kailash–Mansarovar Yatra was a heroic saga — weeks of trekking, thin air, mule tantrums, and bureaucratic paper cuts. It...

Lake Manasarovar Legends — The Lake That Began as a Thought

Some lakes are formed by glaciers... Others by ancient rivers... And then there’s Lake Manasarovar — a lake that started as an idea in Brahma’s mind. Yes, a lake imagined first… and only then created. If Mount Kailash is the throne, Lake Manasarovar is the mirror — deep, luminous, unsettlingly calm. Every myth that touches this lake...

The Legends of Kailash — The Mountain That Moonlights as a Mythology Library

Some mountains are tall... Some are pretty... And then there’s Kailash — the one that practically has its own IMDb page across civilizations. This peak isn’t just a mountain; it’s a cosmic content creator. Every epic, every purana, every wandering poet seems to have thrown in a cameo. Let’s take a walk through its mythology studio.

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Dussehra celebration in India- one essence and many forms

Dussehra -  victory of Good over Evil !

Dussehra celebration is about victory of good over evil ! While this is the essence the festival takes different forms in different parts of the country. Isn’t it amazing that there are more than 12 different types of Dussehra celebrations in India? What remains the same is of...

Palakkad – The Extraordinary under the façade of the Ordinary

Palakkad, Kerala, my Home-town

Palakkad (or Palghat as it was called earlier) is a small town in Kerala state of Southern India. It is a non-descript town with no pretensions to grandeur or historical significance. Naturally beautiful and simple, it boasts of a quiet, simple, laid-back life. It is my home town. And I love it. My...

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