Observing the first day of Chaitra Navratri by venerating goddess Shailputri sets a sanctified tone for the ensuing days.

OLD Sumchhung was the first to arrive on the steps of the San Francisco City Hall this month for a rally to commemorate the ...

The Nehru Wangchuck Cultural Center, India House, and Bhutan Echoes hosted the Bhutanese launch of “The Whispering Mountains: ...

Lhamo, meaning "fairy," is a common name for women of the Tibetan ethnic group, and it also appears in the names of Penpa Lhamo's mother and grandmother. However, the three generations of "Lhamo" have ...

This has to be one of Nepal's most confusing peaks. Barely hours after we read of a mysterious expedition to Sharphu IV, a ...

A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also ...

During the inaugural World Day for Glaciers on March 21,  two men who have spent years working behind the scenes in the ...

For over a decade, Adrian Budnick has taken adoption photos of the dogs at Nashville's county animal shelter, but it wasn't ...

An internal Trump administration memo seen by Reuters earlier this month names 41 countries that federal officials ... Most local Bhutanese people are originally from Bhutan in the east Himalayan ...

At the height of his career, chef Prateek Sadhu left Mumbai for his Himalayan roots, creating a restaurant that is ...

Everest for the first time. Annapurna I, the 10th highest mountain in the world, stands 8,091 meters (26,545 feet) in the Himalayas of Nepal. Its name, derived from Sanskrit, means "Goddess of the ...

The Ladakh region, located on the far north end of India, borders China and Pakistan and is situated near the Himalayas and other mountain ranges. It's also where the Indian tectonic plate meets and ...