In Samangan province, Afghanistan, a massive dome structure sits not above ground but carved directly into the living rock, surrounded by an 8-meter deep trench where monks once walked in ritual ...

Visit the ancient city of Anuradhapura on a full moon day and the past feels anything but distant. Buddhist pilgrims dressed in white walk barefoot along dusty paths. Saffron-robed monks chant at dawn ...

As snows dwindle and glaciers recede, people in the mountains of northern India are building huge ice cones that provide water into summer. Conical ice stupas serve as water towers, storing winter ...

A photo series on ice stupas — artificial glaciers in the northern Indian Himalayas — recently won first place in the 2024-25 Onewater’s Walk of Water: Water Towers photo story contest. Ice stupas are ...