51.   The traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, the monastery is surrounded by peaks of Himalayan mountains.

52.   The separatists said on Tuesday night that they will carry out the threat if Indian soldiers continue to search for the hostages in the Himalayan mountains in northern India.

53.   They are being held in the Himalayan mountains of Jammu-Kashmir state.

54.   Two wars have been fought over Kashmir, a former princely state that lies in the shadow of the Himalayan mountains.

55.   Tucked in the shadows of the Himalayan mountains, Kashmir has been the flash point of two previous wars between India and Pakistan.

56.   Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims throng to Kashmir for the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave, nestled in the Himalayan mountains, which begins early next month.

57.   India and Pakistan have fought two fully-fledged wars over Kashmir, a Muslim-majority territory in the Himalayan mountains, and both control portions of it.

58.   Indian officials are also concerned about the health of the westerners because of fresh snow in the Himalayan mountains where they were believed to be held.

59.   Indian authorities ferry ballot boxes and papers to balloting centres in the Himalayan mountains and small islands in the Bay of Bengal by helicopters.

60.   An official said soldiers used to the Himalayan mountains were working towards the stranded pilgrims with medicines, food and blankets but thick clouds were hampering aerial surveillance.