The ice stupas of Ladakh show that simple adaptations can be the most powerful and that some failure is always part of the process.

Stupas have also been made in the Alps, and the project has received inquiries from Canada. Verma and others have drafted a manual on how to build an ice stupa, available upon request.

Over 100 honorable monks from around the world gathered at Chùa Hương Đạo to celebrate the construction of stupas at the Buddhist temple in southeast Fort Worth May 4, 2025.

An increasingly viable solution to this problem is the construction of ice stupas – artificial glaciers built to store winter water for use in the arid months of late spring and early summer ...

Silk, Slaves, and Stupas tells the stories of ten very different objects, considering their interaction with the peoples and cultures of the Silk Road--those who made them, carried them, received them ...

Lonely Planet presents Buddhist Stupas in Asia: The Shape of Perfection, exploring stupas (sacred structures that function as memorials of enlightenment) in 13 Asian countries.

India has been a significant place for Buddhism and stupa is home to several incredible stupas. Stupas are hemispherical structures with Buddhist relics on them. It used to be a place of ...

One way to fight climate change: Make your own glaciers. As snows dwindle and glaciers recede, people in the mountains of northern India are building huge ice cones that provide water into summer.

“Ice stupas” emerged in 2014 as a way to cope with climate change shrinking glaciers. Automation could help improve the cones’ construction.

An artificial glacier designed to solve a water crisis in the Himalayas is being developed by University of Aberdeen scientists. The glaciers - known as ice stupas - were invented in 2013 by ...

India News: With Ladakh’s natural glaciers shrinking fast, activist Sonam Wangchuk has come up with an enlightened solution to prevent water scarcity — pyramid-sh ...

An artificial glacier designed to solve a water crisis in the Himalayas is being developed by University of Aberdeen scientists. The glaciers - known as ice stupas - were invented in 2013 by ...