Hope Cooke, the shy Sarah Lawrence student married five years to the King of Sikkim, finds herself very much at home in the tiny Himalayan country. “The mountains,” she says, “give me such a ...

Introduced in the 13th century by Chagdor Namgyal, the third spiritual king of Sikkim, it is a celebration of peace and prosperity, with God Makhala blessing all. # Losar Losar, the Tibetan New ...

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