A Buddhist "purification ritual" will be held on June 15 to seek the forgiveness of the locals' guardian deity. Read more at ...

As the sweltering summer heat begins to wane, the first monsoon showers bring a refreshing coolness and rejuvenate the ...

The Himalayan giant, Kangchenjunga, attracts some of the world's greatest mountaineers but is also of great religious significance to local communities. The Himalayan giant, ...

Keval Kakka has become the first Indian to scale eight of the world’s fourteen 8,000-metre-plus peaks. Mountaineering is just life taken to its extreme, he says ...

Hidden within India's most stunning mountain ranges are religious retreats that provide more than scenic views; they provide tranquility, history, and cultural richness. These high-altitude ...

He didn’t make his first Himalayan ascent until 2016. He was 25 that year, when bad weather left him stranded at 6,200 metres for three days, on the mountain of Kun in Ladakh.

And despite climate worries, such is the pull of Himalayan mountaineering that the Everest Industry showed no signs of slowdown. More than 600 international climbers and their Nepali guides had made ...

A recent expedition to Mount Kangchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak located on the border between India and Nepal, by a team of mountaineers from the Nepalese side has sparked outrage in Sikkim ...

Nanda Devi, the second highest mountain in India (after Kangchenjunga), also holds religious significance, as Nanda is considered the patron goddess of Garhwal and Kumaon. ... the Himalayan weasel, ...

Authorities in Sikkim, India, are demanding that Kangchenjunga, the world's third highest peak, be banned to climbers out of respect for local deities. Kangchenjunga sprawls between Nepal and ...