Leh - Welcome to the roof of the world, in Ladakh

From the archive record

A Ladakhi horseman rides off into the sunset! Leh district is world's fourth highest settlement area located in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India. With an area spanning about 45110 Sq Km, it is the second largest district in India in terms of area. Leh district comprises of Leh town and 112 inhabited villages with barely 1.17 lakhs in population according to latest census recordings. The district of Leh is subdivided into six blocks with just two assembly constituencies at Nubra and Leh. Some of the remarkable places you can see in Leh are Tsomoriri lake, The ruined Royal Palace, Shanti Stupa, Leh Mosque and the old town of Leh. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wildern