Ladakh

Fantastic vegetable dye ancient Buddhist murals at Spituk monastery in Ladakh, India.

temple · hills

The mud-brick fortress of Basgo Gompa is perched high in the hills of Ladakh, between the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges in northern India.

Chemrey Monastery or Chemrey Gompa is a 1664 Buddhist monastery, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Leh, Ladakh, northern India.

hills · flowers

A Himalayan wild flower in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, North India. An as-yet unidentified-by-us Himalayan wild flower.

hills · livestock

A Himalayan shepherd leads his sheep in Ladakh as a Ladakhi woman works in the field. Ladakh is home to several rare and endangered species of mammals. Ladakh also has a very rich diversity of wild sheep and goats.

river · hills

The berries of Hippophae tibetica (also known as Leh Berry) are used to make a packaged juice drink that is high on Vitamin C. This trout stream outside Leh lies on the route to Sakti / Shakti Village.

Woman churning butter in a barrel in Ladakh. Ladakh is a land of high passes on the borderland of India & Tibet. Ladakh is also known as 'The Land of the Mystic Lamas', 'The Broken Moon land', or 'The Last Shangri-La'.

Group of birds in Ladakh. The Pied Magpie is eating flesh from the dead yak, as is the wild cat, but the group of Chukor (Alectoris chukar) partridge are just roaming around the fields, looking for grain and grass seeds.

hills

Fox at its kill, competing with Pied Magpies, in upper Ladakh, winter 2011. Himalayan Fox is one of the rare species in Ladakh. Himalayan Fox are adapted to the cold environment.

hills · river

Amazing Ladakh. The fusion of landscapes that make Ladakh a place to fall in love with. From the towering mountains and the 134 kms long lake, to the dry and dessert-like valleys, this is an amazing destination and a tripper's delight! Lada…

highway · river

Unforgettable tour. Besides being a fusion of landscapes that make this place a traveller's delight, Ladakh also includes an demanding but adventurous drive or even roadtrip that many considered a requirement.

sport

Locals cheer polo teams with drums and shehnai in Ladakh while the players ride horses and play Polo in the barren valley of Ladakh.

bazaar

It is fairly evident how the whole market witnesses a hoard of tourist crowd. But why not? The markets boasts with colours and most of this colour is from the products being sold in the market.

highway · ceremony

The Buddhist prayer flags always give a colorful element in the cold dry desert of Ladakh. They flutter along the road in Hanle, that leads to Hanle Monastery.

Pristine view of Leh city in Ladakh which is surrounded by Himalayas. Religious place on a hilly area with monastery, chorten (stupa) and player flags.

hills · snow

View of snow covered barren mountains in Ladakh, Kashmir, India. Ladakh 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 Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people…

hills · livestock

Bharals roaming in high himalayan mountains of Ladakh, Kashmir, India. The Bharal , also known as the Blue Sheep, is a high mountain sheep that is the primary prey of Snow Leopards.

river

The Chang La is a high mountain pass in Ladakh, India. It is the third highest motorable road in the world. The Chang La is on the route to Pangong Lake from Leh.

highway · village

National Highway 1D (NH 1D), also known as Srinagar-Leh Highway, is a National Highway entirely within the state of Jammu & Kashmir in North India that connects Srinagar to Leh in Ladakh.

Ladakh is a region of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of the Republic of India. Nestled between the Kunlun Mountain ranges and the Himalayas, Ladakh boasts of innumerable vistas ranging from lakes to mountains and valleys.

river · lake

Rigzin Motup, owner of Pangong Inn, speaks about the travails of running India's highest altitude hote, along Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh!

hills · river

Tourists visit Thiksey Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery in central Ladakh, Kashmir, India.

hills · architecture

Thiksay Gompa or Thiksay Monastery (also transliterated from Ladakhi as Tikse, Tiksey or Thiksey) is a gompa (monastery) affiliated with the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism.