The Himalayas as a battleground of belief

When Uttarakhand’s indigenous Rung assemblage stopped a radical from installing a Shivling near Om Parvat, which they see sacred, the quality was astir acold much than an idol. Ishita Mishra finds that the Rungs, who worship Shiva successful the signifier of mountains and rivers of the Himalayas, feared the installation would people the opening of a larger transformation, which would erode their centuries-old traditions and crook a ineffable earthy scenery into a commercialized pilgrimage site