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Hiran Chital & the Oldest Ramlila of Didihat

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Events

Hiran Chital & the Oldest Ramlila of Didihat

From the rainy-season Hiran Chital festival to one of the oldest Ramlilas in the entire Didihat region, Hat Tharp is a custodian of living cultural heritage.

Heritage Cell, Hat Tharp 26 June 2024

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A Ten-Year Vow: How Hat Tharp Gave Its Forest to Maa Bhagwati

Success Stories

20 June 2024 · Gram Panchayat Hat Tharp

A Ten-Year Vow: How Hat Tharp Gave Its Forest to Maa Bhagwati

Long before 'carbon-smart' entered the vocabulary, Hat Tharp dedicated its entire forest to Maa Bhagwati of Pankhu for ten years — banning the axe and allowing only fallen wood. This is our truest climate credential.

Saving the Charma: Stopping Waste at the Village Gate

Development

12 June 2024 · Environment Committee, Hat Tharp

Saving the Charma: Stopping Waste at the Village Gate

An estimated 50% of Didihat town's solid waste and untreated sewage enters the Charma river. Here is how village-level segregation and composting can begin to reverse the damage.

Hat Tharp Sets Out on Its Carbon-Smart Journey

Development

5 June 2024 · Gram Panchayat Hat Tharp

Hat Tharp Sets Out on Its Carbon-Smart Journey

The Gram Panchayat unveils a five-pillar roadmap — solar, rainwater, organic farming, sacred-forest conservation and waste segregation — to become a recognised Carbon-Smart Village.

The Women Who Hold the Mountains: Hat Tharp's Sex Ratio Story

Heritage

28 May 2024 · Gram Panchayat Hat Tharp

The Women Who Hold the Mountains: Hat Tharp's Sex Ratio Story

With 1,115 women for every 1,000 men, Hat Tharp's resident population is female-dominated — the demographic signature of a migration economy, and a story of resilience.

Sirakot & Malaynath: Guardians of the Haat Valley

Heritage

20 May 2024 · Heritage Cell, Hat Tharp

Sirakot & Malaynath: Guardians of the Haat Valley

Perched at ~1,800 m with five ramparts, the Sirakot fortress and its Malaynath temple anchor a medieval landscape of Katyuri, Malla and Chand power.