To enable us to acclimatise to the high altitude, we decided to take the 34-hour train ride from Chongqing, China to Lhasa, instead of boarding a direct flight to the city. But it was a good option as ...

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Himachal Pradesh opens Shipki La pass to domestic tourists, reviving historic trade route with Tibet, boosting tourism and ...

"To the discerning eye, other mountains are visible—giants between 23,000 and 26,000 feet high. Not one of their slenderer ...

Throughout the history of the spread of Buddhism to Tibet from India, Buddhist masters and pilgrims have travelled between ...

Recently, a farmer from the Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh has developed churpi made from the milk of mithun — a semi-domesticated bovine species (Bos frontalis) native to Arunachal Pradesh and parts ...

The climbing season on Mount Everest peaks in late May and early June every year. Extreme weather patterns at this location ...