In many cultures, death rituals are often even more significant and elaborate than those performed after birth. The sanctity of burial or cremation is binding for many communities in Nepal as well. So ...

A farmer walks his horse downstream to the river of Kali Gandaki as soaring, snow-clad peaks loom over a landscape riven by rocky clefts. Credit: Tulsi Rauniyar In the desolate and seldom visited ...

The sand mandala being created at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival represents the abode of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion. In Tibetan belief, His Holiness The Dalai Lama is considered a ...

A gentle murmur of storytelling surrounds me atop the Rubin Museum of Art’s spiral staircase. As I descend, hundreds of Asha Kama Wangdi’s now-faded flags, woven at the top into a unicorn head that ...

Perched atop Travancore Palace, Ri Gyancha, the snow leopard installation, stood on the palace’s snow-peak-like facade, as it welcomed visitors to the recently concluded second edition of Royal ...

Shops selling Tibetan items, local handicrafts, souvenirs and street food like Momos and some local Himachali food items were lined up. At one stall, full maize corn was being roasted on coal and ...

Bulwarked by colossal Himalayan peaks, Mustang is among the most remote and sparsely populated regions of Nepal. It was long an independent kingdom known as Lo, and remains "grounded in its own past", ...

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Hand-painted artwork and pictures of the Himalayan mountains line the walls of Ann Arbor’s newest Himalayan restaurant, Base Camp. The restaurant, which combines tastes native to Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan ...