Ladakh

ceremony · river

Buddhist worshipper spins prayer wheel which is the most symbolic religious objects for Buddhists. Mediators turn this prayer wheel and during countless rotations of the wheel, they repeat the mantra.

The Shey Monastery or Gompa and the Shey Palace complex are structures located on a hillock in Shey, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the south of Leh in Ladakh, northern India on the Leh-Manali road.

snow · wildlife

Snow leopards (Panthera uncia) are one of the most enigmatic wild cats. They live and travel in solitude over vast distances of isolated and rugged mountain range in central Asia, and are supremely adapted to thrive in some of the harshest…

How cool can a monk that leads the prayer look, watch the video to see. Buddhist monks chant and play instruments like Tibetan chod Damru and Tibetan bell with Dorje, during the Naropa festival 2018 in Hemis, Ladakh.

snow · hills

A group of naturalists search Snow Leopard in the snowy mountains of Ladakh, India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

snow · river

While searching for Snow Leopards in early January, in -30 degrees Celcius temperatures, in Ladakh, our team walked by this valley with a totally frozen stream, blue-green shiny ice at its lower end, and snow all over.

festival · village

Shey Palace in Ladakh is perched atop a cliffy slope, with a row of chortens and a marshy valley floor below.

farmland · river

Fly over the field of chortens or stupas near Shey and also over Thiksey Gompa in Ladakh. Scattered across a field next to the Indus river, is one of the largest chorten fields of Ladakh, with hundreds of chortens.

wildlife · snow

An art teacher draws a Snow Leopard to explain about its features, characteristics etc to the students at a village school in Ladakh.

hills · village

High-altitude village landscape in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh, India, surrounded by rugged and barren mountain ranges.

river · village

The confluence point of river Indus and Zanskar river at the Sangam in Ladakh. 35 km from Leh, this picturesque spot has become a tourist stop recently. On the right is the river Indus incoming and on the left is the Zanskar river.

river · village

Aerials from this beautiful village called 'Nurla', lying alongside the Indus river. The green of the Poplar trees is in sheer contrast to the very brown and barren cold desert landscape along the banks of river Indus in Ladakh.

hills · village

Skurbuchan village in the Sham Valley of Ladakh, India, during the spring apricot blossom season.

flowers · aerial

Each spring, the apricot orchards of Akchamal Village in Ladakh's Kargil district erupt into a spectacular display of pale pink and white blossoms.

hills · ceremony

The dramatic high-altitude landscape of Tsaga La Pass, a remote Himalayan mountain pass situated at an elevation of approximately 15,260 feet (4,651 metres).

hills · highway

Mountain road journey across Ladakh in the Indian Himalayas. Drive through the dramatic high-altitude terrain of Ladakh, a region famous for its stark mountain landscapes and unique cold-climate geography.

aerial · hills

Aerial footage of Nurbula Top in Ladakh, India, with nearby high-altitude mountain roads winding through rugged terrain. The landscape shows craggy, arid slopes with minimal vegetation, characteristic of the trans-Himalayan region.

hills · highway

Driving along the high-altitude roads of Ladakh reveals a stark yet striking landscape of rugged mountains under a clear blue sky. The open terrain and cool breeze enhance the sense of movement as the road winds through the region.

hills

Day 5 of Raid de Himalaya started from Rangdum, at the head of the Suru Valley in Ladakh, passed over the Pensi La Pass went to Padum, the headquarter of Zanskar and ended at Rangdum.

hills

Hemis Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery (gompa) of the Drukpa Lineage, located in Hemis, Ladakh, India. Situated 45 km from Leh, the monastery was re-established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgyal.

ceremony · river

Buddhist prayer flags in different colours hung up at Stakna Monastery in Ladakh. A prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas.