Ladakh

snow

Witness the serene beauty of Ladakh as heavy snowfall blankets the landscape, transforming it into a winter wonderland of pure white.

dance · snow

Snow Lion dance (Senggey Garcham) during Singhey Khababs festival in Ladakh. Man wearing mask of old man keeps dancing with stick on his hand. After sometime, snow lions joins old man and they performs together.

hills · highway

Situated at an altitude of 18,379 ft. above the sea level, Khardung La makes one feel on the top of the world.

sport · village

A bunch of village boys and men 'pass time' Indian style by playing winter-time high-altitude make-shift cricket in the Ladakh trans-Himalaya.

hills · temple

Gangon Tashi Chodzong (sgang sngon bkra shis chos rdzong), popularly known as Phyang Monastery is situated at a distance of approximately 20 km to the west of Leh, the district capital of Ladakh.

hills · wildlife

Little Ladakhi kids learn about snow leopard at a school in Ladakh, Kashmir, India. Ladakh "land of high passes" is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that extends from the Karakoram Range in the north to the main Great Him…

hills · river

View of Ladakh from air and one can also see the river valley and high altitude soil erosion.

river

Water resource management system through the use of dams and canals in Ladakh.

hills · festival

Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India . The town is just over 40 km southeast of the town of Leh. Hemis is home to the Hemis Gompa a pre- 11th century monastery that was re-established in 1672.

Astounding beauty welcomes you to this absolutely mesmerising spot. Fondly known as Moonland amongst the locals here, Lamayuru in Ladakh, a few km ahead of Likir, is quite certainly Moon on Earth.

river · lake

One used to have to get to Pangong Tso early in the day as the waters in Pagal nalla used to rise by noon. Now there is a bridge and one can plan one's trip at ease... Tangtse village on Leh- Pangong Tso road.

river · architecture

Driving up to the Hemis monastery from Karu Indus river bridge. Hemis Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery (gompa) of the Drukpa Lineage, located in Hemis, Ladakh (within the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir).

river

Aerial view of different coloured waters at Sangam in Ladakh. Lying on Leh-Kargil-Srinagar National Highway, 35kms from Leh towards Kargil, you come across this breathtaking view.

hills · highway

Cloud moving in fast motion over snow covered Himalayan mountain ranges in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir. Leh, was the capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh, now the Leh district in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir.

Autumn time poplar plantations in Ladakh with their rust-like autumn colours, local habitations and cultivation-side groves.

birds · wildlife

What a rugged bird the Chukor is, for it to be able to survive in the high altitude cold of Ladakh and other regions of the western Himalaya! Chukar (Alectoris chukar) is a Eurasian upland gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae.

hills · livestock

Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent.

hills · highway

High-altitude terrain of Nubra Valley in Ladakh, India. The landscape is characterized by barren mountain slopes belonging to the Ladakh and Karakoram ranges, displaying varied earthy and reddish tones.

hills · old town

The iconic Diskit Monastery, also known as Diskit Gompa, situated high above the breathtaking landscapes of Nubra Valley in the Indian Himalayas.

hills · ceremony

Inside Gompa Monastery in Ladakh, a traditional wall painting reflects the rich artistic and spiritual heritage of the Himalayan region.

wildlife · birds

Perched gracefully on a bare tree branch in the high-altitude landscapes of Ladakh, a Robin Accentor (Prunella rubeculoides) appears striking against the winter backdrop.

hills · snow

A right hand side seat on the Delhi - Ladakh flight earns a passenger mystical views of the Ladakh ranges of the Himalayas as the flight nears Leh on its descent to land.

river

The Ladakh Range is a segment of the Karakoram mountain range, that extends southeastward for 230 miles (370 km) from the mouth of the Shyok River in the Ladakh region to the Tibetan border.