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• En-Route to Kailash
Photo Gallery Shree Ashtapad : A Possibility
Bharat Hansraj Shah Field trip I - Summary report
Rajnikant Shah A report on field trips I and II to locate site for
P.S. Thakker Ashtapad near Kailash in Tibet • A reconnaissance mission to locate the Ashtapad Temple John Vincent Bellezza • The Ashtapad Initiative
A. K. Verma • Kailash area map
Folded Map
Introduction Initially Bharat Hansraj Shah visited Kailash on his own few times and took many pictures and presented his views of Nandi as a probable site for Ashtapad. Three field trips were organized in the summer of 2006, 2007 and 2009 to find the existence of Ashtapad near Kailash in the Himalayas. The team consisted of engineers, Jain and Sanskrit scholars, archeologists, space scientists, climbers and professional photographers. This chapter describes the observations made by team members and their findings. In 2006, a twelve member team joined for the first time to look for Ashtapad. Dr. Shah gives a summary of observations in his article. They could not locate anything definite and it is all but nature. Dr. Juyal, a geologist and Dr. Thakker, a space specialist, joined the trip in 2007, and according to Dr. Thakker there could be nine or ten places where a possibility of Ashtapad exists. The third trip called KM III, expedition took place in 2009 when an archaeologist, Dr. Bellezza, undertook a trip to locate the ruins, if any, but yielded no physical evidence of Jain temple. In the absence of any physical evidence, Dr. Bellezza, the team leader encourages the view that Shree Ashtapad is Mount Kailash itself. Similar views are expressed by Dr. Verma in his article. Photo Gallery has photos of En-Route to Kailash. A folded map of the Kailash region is included in this chapter.
