‘The universe has opened up for us’: meet the astro-ambassadors who welcome stargazers to the Himalayas

Tourists pay about £1.70 a person to stargaze, guided by Dolkar and her fellow ambassadors, most of whom also host visitors in their homes. “They are the interlocutors between the sky and the tourists,” says Niruj Mohan Ramanujam, outreach head at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, th...

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