Discusses historical and contemporary aspects of pilgrimage within the Tibetan cultural world. Examines myths and legends, material conditions, textual sources, a modern pilgrim's impressions, political and economic influences, biographies and contemporary developments.

Introduction, Alex McKay; Chapter 1 ::, Katia Buffetrille; Chapter 2 On the Geographical and Material Contextuality of Tibetan Pilgrimage, Wim van Spengen; Chapter 3 Hindu Trading Pilgrims, John Clarke; Chapter 4 Khyung-sprul 'Jigs-med nam-mkha'i rdo-rje (1897-1955), Per Kværne; Chapter 5 On Pilgrimage for Forty Years in the Himalayas, Hanna Havnevik; Chapter 6 On the way to Kailash, Winand M. Callewaert; Chapter 7 The opening of the sBas Yul 'Bras mo'i gshongs according to the Chronicle of the Rulers of Sikkim, Brigitte Steinmann; Chapter 8 ::, Andrea Loseries-Leick; Chapter 9 Kailas-Manasarovar in "Classical" (Hindu) and Colonial Sources, Alex McKay; Chapter 10 Tibetan Pilgrimage in the Process of Social Change, Peng Wenbin;