Karma, climate and consequences: As the Char Dham Yatra reopens, a warming Himalaya reveals karma in its oldest public sense

A road journey through Uttarakhand’s mountain towns reveals a deeper shift in both climate and pilgrimage. Unusual heat, felt by locals as something “new to their land,” reflects broader environmental stress even before data confirms it. At the same time, traditional pilgrimages—once slow, sparse and rooted in spiritual discipline—have transformed into large-scale, infrastructure-driven movements shaped by highways, helicopters and mass access.

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