The history of Bon can be traced to the ancient shamanistic traditions of the Tibetan plateau. Initially, Bon was not a single, unified religion but a collection of beliefs and practices related to ...

Robbins dazzled readers with the whimsy and imagination in his books, including Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All and ...

As the rickety bus barely rounded another corner, an audible gasp went through the passengers. A recent blizzard had taken out the road between the high Himalayan villages of Ranipauwa and ...

A new study has found that for the past 10,000 years, populations on the Tibetan Plateau have developed particular adaptations to survive in the low-oxygen conditions surrounding the region.

China says it is open to the Dalai Lama returning to Tibet if he recognises Taiwan and Tibet as parts of China. The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader has been living in exile for more than 65 ...

Gyalo Thondup, the Dalai Lama's elder brother and a significant figure in Tibetan politics, passed away at 97 in Kalimpong. Thondup, who devoted his life to the Tibetan cause, fled Tibet in 1952 ...

BEIJING/KATHMANDU--A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet’s holiest cities on Tuesday, Chinese authorities said, killing at least 53 people ...