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By digitizing and curating materials related to language, history, rituals, art, and daily life, the Archives ensures that these resources are not lost and remain accessible worldwide. This helps future generations connect with their roots and supports researchers studying indigenous cultures. 

Anyone with an interest in Yakthung Limbu heritage—students, researchers, community members, cultural practitioners, and the general public—can explore and learn from the archived materials. Some areas may allow contributions if you register or login.

The Archives was established to address the difficulty many people face in accessing Yakthung cultural resources. Rapid cultural changes and the risk of losing traditional knowledge made preserving and digitizing these materials essential. The YLHA’s mission is to safeguard this heritage and make it available for the global community.

The YLHA is a cultural archive dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing the heritage of the Yakthung (Limbu) community. It strives to make manuscripts, audio-visual resources, documents, and cultural narratives accessible online so that traditions, language, history, and arts can be studied and enjoyed by current and future generations.

The Yakthung Limbu Heritage Archives (YLHA) is a digital archival platform focused on preserving and sharing the cultural, historical, linguistic, and artistic heritage of the Yakthung (Limbu) community. Its primary mission is to collect and protect materials such as books, manuscripts, audiovisual records, inscriptions, and more to make them accessible to the public for research, education, and cultural connection.