A cable car project to Nepal’s Pathibhara temple threatens the livelihood of porters and is seen by the indigenous Limbu ...

Among these supporters are some locals, though the majority of the area’s Limbu people have denounced the project as an “amusement park” that disrespects their sacred landscape.

Rudra the Limbu shaman performing a ritual at Cholung Park. The Aathpahariya caste is a small community, numbering only in the thousands in the whole of Nepal. You can find many temples and stupas ...

For the local Indigenous Limbu people (one of the Kirat groups), Mukkumlung has been a power centre for millennia. They vow to protect it from the cable car development, ...

Banner image: A protest in Phungling, a town of 29,000 people, where roads, restaurants and businesses were closed entirely. Image by Prabin Seling ‘Sendow’. Cable car proposal is Nepal’s ...

People ride a cable car over the Chandragiri hilltop, on outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal on Feb. 3, 2025. ... a site also deeply sacred to the local Limbu people's separate beliefs.

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For the local Indigenous Limbu people (one of the Kirat groups), Mukkumlung has been a power centre for millennia. They vow to protect it from the cable car development, but face an uphill struggle; ...

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“If people can fly there in helicopters, why not a cable car?“ The argument leaves Mr Kendra Singh Limbu, 79, unmoved. “We are fighting to save our heritage,” he said.