The Living Himalaya: Rock, Sky, Spirit

From the epic of King Gesar to Gulzar's journals from Chamba, from the women of Chipko to Nicholas Roerich's mystical paintings, The Living Himalaya brings together the voices, myths and landscapes of the world's most sacred mountains.

Co-written and co-edited by Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal, this is a richly textured exploration of Himalayan culture, spirituality and ecology. Bringing together scholarship and research with the intimate voices of those who live, work and journey through these mountains, the book reveals a landscape that is magnificent, complex and vibrantly alive.

Through essays, stories, reflections and visual narratives, it journeys across the many worlds of Himalayan life: epic texts and folk legends, music and food, gods and deities, rocks and rivers, environmental crises and human struggles.

This book is a landscape where nature, culture and the sacred remain inseparably intertwined, told by the people who know it best.