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Amarnath Yatra | First batch of pilgrims begins journey towards cave shrine from Baltal base camp

The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Saturday with the first batch of pilgrims setting out from the base camp here for the cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas.

The Hindu

Educationist Chitran Namboodirippad passes away

The Hindu

Mayank Mansingh Kaul’s list of small but memorable museums to visit

House in havelis and overlooking the Himalayas, these under-the-radar museums offer visitors an intimate experience

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A new start after 60: backpacking in the Himalayas, I found the courage to change my life

After two decades of work, work and more work, Ann Halloran decided it was time to leave her comfort zone. And it all began with a broken walking stick

The Guardian - UK

Ananda in the Himalayas review: a truly rejuvenating retreat in India

A holistic attitude to wellbeing is inherent in ancient Indian philosophies – and this is the benchmark for the principles being served up at Ananda in the Himalayas. At this destination spa resort you can discover what your mind and body really need and you’ll leave as an enhanced version of yourself.

The Week

Himalayas key to climate battle

In our collective imagination, the Himalayas -- the roof of the world -- are an archetype: glistening white, distant, even otherworldly. Climbing them is proof of humanity's daring, courage and drive. And yet, despite rising 6,993 metres above sea level, the summit of Mount Machapuchare in central Nepal resembled a…

Bangkok Post

2,500 mobile toilets to be set up for Amarnath Yatra in J&K

2,500 mobile toilets to be set up for Amarnath Yatra in J&K with most of them placed on the two routes that reach the cave shrine located in the Himalayas

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Into the heart of the Himalayas

mystics and sceptics: in search of himalayan masters

The Hindu

Landslides are a global injustice – they're rarely caused by the people worst affected

In northern India, a tragedy is playing out in slow-motion. Located at about 2,000 metres elevation in Chamoli District in the Himalayas, Joshimath is an ancient, sacred town of about 17,000 people. Popular with pilgrims and visitors wanting to ski or climb the nearby mountains, the town is a beautiful…

The Conversation

Governor flags off Himalayan trekking expedition

Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot flagged off a batch of nurses embarking on a trekking expedition to the Himalayas, at a function in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

The Hindu

Pub landlord who fell while taking photo was electrocuted when he grabbed wire

Ivan Brown was on holiday in India and taking a photo of the Himalayas when he fell and grabbed a live wire for balance, an inquest into the former pub landlord's death has heard

Daily Mirror

Trip of the week: a road trip through Pakistan’s high peaks

Located at the western end of the Himalayas and the northern tip of Pakistan, the region of Gilgit-Baltistan is one of the world’s most impenetrable natural citadels. It also has “an extraordinarily rich cultural landscape”, says Sam Dalrymple in Condé Nast Traveller, having often resisted conquest by neighbouring empires, while…

The Week

Funeral plans announced for Co Down mountaineer who died in Himalayas

The renowned Dromara adventurer died last Monday at a camp in the Himalayas.

Belfast Live

Brit on 1986 Pan Am plane attack faces terrorist to find out why he spared his life

Mike Thexton was 27 when, after a summer hiking in the Himalayas, the plane he boarded from Karachi, Pakistan was hijacked by a Palestinian terror cell

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Uttarakhand: Baba Kedarnath's Panchmukhi Utsav Doli departs from Ukhimath

The Panchmukhi Utsav Doli of Baba Kedarnath left for the Himalayas on Friday after its winter stay in Ukhimath. Read further on Dynamite News:

Irish Mirror

Wife of mountaineer Noel Hanna: 'He fell asleep, never to awaken again - there was no better place for him to die'

Lynne Hanna said there was 'no better place' for a mountain man to die than the Himalayas

AFP

'No legs, no limits': Amputee veteran eyes Everest summit

Kathmandu (AFP) - Gurkha veteran Hari Budha Magar grew up in the shadow of the Himalayas, but only after losing his legs did he resolve to make his childhood dream of scaling Everest a reality.

Daily Mirror

Dad's friend spotted odd leg movement on holiday before he was diagnosed with Parkinson's

Friends of Rob Stubbs, 62, first noticed his symptoms of the debilitating condition while he was walking up in the Himalayas, as he was dragging his right foot on the ground

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Dad told to go to doctor after friend noticed worrying sign on walk

Rob Stubbs was walking in the Himalayas when one of his friends first noticed the symptom

The Independent UK

India’s push for 24/7 clean energy from dams upends lives

A remote region amid gigantic peaks in the Himalayas is home to just 100,000 people but makes four nuclear power plants worth of energy

Reuters

Factbox-Deadly avalanches in Indian Himalayas

At least seven people died in an avalanche in India's northeastern state of Sikkim on Tuesday, according to the Indian army. It was one of many avalanches in the Indian Himalayas that have killed at least 120 people over the last two years.

The Independent UK

Avalanche sweeps away tourists in northeast India; 7 killed

An avalanche has swept away a group of tourists in the Himalayas in northeastern India, killing at least seven and injuring 11

Golf Monthly

Prince’s Golf Club: Shore & Himalayas Course Review, Green Fees, Tee Times and Key Info

New holes and many exciting changes at Prince's Golf Club over recent years saw Prince’s break into the Top 100 for the first time in 2021/22

France 24

Himalayas: The climate time bomb threatening India

In the world's highest mountain range, global warming threatens thousands of glaciers, resulting in increasingly frequent natural disasters: landslides, avalanches and glacier collapses. Our reporters Alban Alvarez and Navodita Kumari travelled to the small northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, where these disasters are compounded by a rush to develop infrastructure…

The Conversation

Friday essay: matrilineal societies exist around the world – it's time to look beyond the patriarchy

Thirty years ago, I travelled to Lijiang, an ancient city in the northwest of China’s Yunnan province in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas. Lijiang’s old town is a tangle of intersecting waterways, arched stone bridges, and cobbled streets. Just north of the city – about five hours by road…

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