India, China spar over legacy of traditional medicinal system ‘Sowa-Rigpa’
India, China spar over legacy of traditional medicinal system ‘Sowa-Rigpa’ Sowa-Rigpa is a traditional Tibetan system of medicine practised in India’s Himalayan belt. It is popular in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal’s Darjeeling, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh Current Affairs :India and China are at loggerheads over the heritage of perhaps the most established arrangement of customary medication, known as Sowa-Rigpa, which has likenesses with Ayurveda. India has looked for acknowledgment of the old restorative custom as its “elusive social legacy”, a case challenged by China at a worldwide gathering, sources said. Sowa-Rigpa is a customary Tibetan arrangement of medication rehearsed in India’s Himalayan belt. It is well known in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal’s Darjeeling, Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Ladakh. “India has moved toward the UNESCO looking for enrolling of the Sowa Rigpa as its ‘immaterial social legacy’. China has brought up criticis...