Driving from Leh to Basgo Palace road in Ladakh - Part 5

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Basgo lies at a distance of 42 km, West of Leh. The Castle known as Basgo Rabtan Lhartsekhar is situated there on a Clay Hill. During the reign of Dharmaraja Jamyang Namgial and Singay Namgial, father and son duo built it. The principal Image here is that of the so- called Golden Maitreya, a sacred copper gilt image of Maitreya Buddha, with daunting two- storied in height. The Dharmaraja Jamyang Namgial is funerary built it to his Father King. There is also an image of Buddha Maitreya. Source: www.lehladakhindia.com/ This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 100, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i