Karma and the Snow Lion: A pashmina goat, a snow lion and being Tibetan in India
What's the link between centuries-old Tibetan Thangka paintings and Banarasi silk? Why is Ladakh so important for Kashmiri ...
The Diplomat4d
Tibetan Language, Epic, and the Bards Safeguarding Heritage
It tells of King Gesar’s incarnation, his difficult childhood, winning a horse race to ascend to the throne, and his ...
HistoriCity: Odisha’s Ratnagiri is a portal to a time when Buddhism flourished
The discovery of 2-metre-long Buddha heads with intact features in Ratnagiri establishes that Buddhism was the predominant ...
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Videos: 100 'Peaceful and Wrathful' Deities Emerge from Millions of Grains of Sand
It features 42 peaceful and 58 wrathful deities, whom Tibetan Buddhist adherents are said to visualize as emanations of their own "Buddha-nature." Visualization practice helps devotees master feelings ...
The Kathmandu Post4d
Unforgettable trails, tales, and tastes
As she spoke, Mrs Sherpa prepared Tsajya, a salty Tibetan tea. Its unique flavour was unlike anything I had ever tasted, ...
How chilgoza defines a community
Run a Google search for ‘pine nuts’, and the highly-priced packaged chilgoza (or neoza) seeds appear on your screen.
The pine seed is central to the indigenous identity of the Kinnaura inhabitants of HP’s border district, writes Manshi Asher
In 2022, a fire raged for nearly a week in Jangi’s chilgoza forest. “The entire village was on fire control duty,” shares ...
10 most pristine places in Uttarakhand to visit this summer
Uttarakhand, often referred to as the "Land of the Gods," is a paradise for travelers seeking unspoiled natural beauty, ...
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10 most pristine places in Uttarakhand to visit this summer
TRAVEL TRENDS, UTTARANCHAL Updated : Mar 13, 2025, 19:10 IST 10 most pristine places in Uttarakhand to visit this summer Uttarakhand, often referred to as the "Land of the Gods," is a paradise for ...