Growing interest in astronomy sparks a tourism boom in India’s high places as homestays add telescopes and night-sky observatories open

The Phyang monastery in Ladakh, in the Indian Himalayas, plans to combine Western science with Buddhist cosmology to draw stargazing tourists to the desert region of Jammu and Kashmir state.In April, the monks at the monastery, which dates back to 1515, will open an “astrohub”. The inspiration for it came after one of their number visited a Ladakh homestay run by Astrostays, a hospitality chain that specialises in stargazing experiences.With Covid-19 restrictions limiting opportunities for…

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