Spiti

India’s first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, earns a UNESCO tag for its rare ecosystem, wildlife, and living heritage.

Portia Putatunda left a career in Mumbai and moved to Komic village in Spiti to start a free boarding school under Planet Spiti Foundation that provides food, shelter, education, and clothing to underprivileged children.

For the first time, scientists from the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have planted hing saplings in Himachal Pradesh’s Kwaring village.

Individual farmers, farmers' collectives and NRIs in Himachal Pradesh are taking to organic farming in a big way for good health, safe soil and groundwater for future generations.

When these villagers in Spiti Valley captured a snow leopard that had wandered into a residential area, they performed a rare act of kindness to release it back into the wild!

Believed to over 500 years old, the Gue mummy in Spiti belongs to Sangha Tenzin, a Buddhist monk who started the self-mummification process while still alive!

Suffering from winter wanderlust? Here's a look at 10 amazing cold-weather experiences in India that'll let you make the most of winter!

Proposed in 1983 and launched in 2010, this 8.8 km tunnel is deemed the country’s longest. With only four metres left to be excavated in the middle of the tunnel, starting from Dhundi in Kullu district and ending at Gufa Hotel, near Sissu, in Lahaul-Spiti district, the tunnel is ‘almost on the brink of completion’ after a delay of over three years.

As India celebrates the National Postal Day today, here's a look at three unusual Indian post offices that are totally worthy of any travel itinerary!

Boasting immense natural beauty, the state is filled with jaw-dropping trekking routes for every age and difficulty level.