Among the 508 important pilgrimages for Sikhs, Hemkund Sahib is located in Chamoli district in Uttarakhand. Situated at a height of 4,329 meters above mean sea level, it is also the highest ...

The government's new ropeway projects to Kedarnath and Hemkund Sahib face scrutiny as current protests by stakeholders at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine highlight the risk to local livelihoods.