In her exhibition catalogue essay “How To Read A Tibetan Painting,” Klimburg-Salter says that ... this hand gesture symbolizes the Buddha's summoning Sthavara, the earth goddess, to witness his defeat ...

Tibetan natives called it Chomolungma, meaning “Goddess Mother of Mountains,” but the British named it after Sir George Everest, the crack surveyor who charted much of India. Last week Red ...

Tibetan Settlements: Mainpat is home to several ... which is celebrated in August or September and is dedicated to Goddess Parvati. The festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm, and visitors ...

Denisovans survived and thrived on the high-altitude Tibetan plateau for more than 100,000 years, according to a new study that deepens scientific understanding of the enigmatic ancient humans ...

Tibetan sociologist Gyal Lo remembers receiving a phone call in 2016 about what he describes as “a serious matter.” It was his brother, calling with concerns about his grandchildren, who ...

Hundreds of demonstrators carrying Tibetan and Indian flags marched to pledge support for the Dalai Lama and voice their disapproval of China’s crackdown in the region. Ashwini Bhatia/AP Share ...

I was resting near a playground, between interviews for a story on the shrinking number of Tibetan kids in a boarding school built for them in the northern Indian city of Dharamshala. This ...

Tibetan area CHINA Tibetan rights activists, as well as experts working for the United Nations, have said that the party is systematically separating Tibetan children from their families to erase ...