Ladakh

highway

Clouds moving over the mountains of Ladakh in India. Leh, was the capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh, now the Leh district in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir.

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.

Ladakhi people cook food in special nickel-plated copper vessels over simmering fires of wood. Vegetable sellers sell vegetables aside of the road in Ladakh and they carry vegetables in a basket while the Buddhist monks pass through.

wildlife · snow

Snow Leopard jumping around, slithering down rocks and generally acting frisky around the kill of a Yak in Ladakh! It finally walks off into the advancing evening twilight, over a snowfield...

architecture · hills

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.

lake · river

Pangong Tso, Tibetan for "long, narrow, enchanted lake", also referred to as Pangong Lake, is an endorheic lake in the Himalayas situated at a height of about 4,350 m (14,270 ft). It is 134 km (83 mi) long and extends from India to Tibet.

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The Yak is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia. Yaks are herd animals.

wildlife · snow

The bharal or Himalayan blue sheep or naur, Pseudois nayaur, is a caprid found in the high Himalayas of Nepal, Tibet, China, India, Pakistan, and Bhutan.

wildlife · snow

OK, we spent two months in Ladakh in the winter, and still didn't see the Snow Leopard, despite many close ones...

livestock

A shepherd brings his sheep out of the corral and into the winter sun, in Ladakh. The sheep are looking after their young lambs and the lambs are drinking milk from the mothers. Sheep feeding their lambs in Ladakh.

Landscapes in Ladakh, Kashmir. Nestled between the Kunlun Mountain ranges and the Himalayas, Ladakh boasts of innumerable vistas ranging from lakes to mountains and valleys.

snow

Mountains covered with snow in Ladakh. Ladakh is also known as Land of High Passes. Ladakh is known for bone chilling temperatures and high mountainous terrains.

Ladakh has faced a major natural disaster by way of a flash flood and mud slide which made the living condition in parts of Ladakh miserable and ladakhis had to leave their homes and take shelter in relief tents.

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.

hills · river

Pristine view of Zanskar mountain range and beautiful lake in the valley. The Sandy and rocky mountains of Zanskar stands out from the valley floor of Ladakh.

An old Ladakhi lady milks Yak as the Yak feeds her calf in Ladakh, Kashmir, India. Yak is the dominant livestock species that support livelihoods for pastoralist of the Tibetan plateau and nearby Himalayan regions.

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'.

Relief tents at Choglamsar, Ladakh. The villagers who lost their homes in the mud-slide of the 2010 monsoon were houses in temporary tents until their houses were constructed.

river · hills

Hemis Monastery is the most popular monastery and tourist attraction in Ladakh. Situated some 45 kms from Leh City, Hemis is tucked on a mountain on the west bank of the serene River Indus.

desert

The Last Shangri-La is one of the many names associated to Ladakh. This region is known for bone chilling temperatures and high mountainous terrains.

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.

hills · highway

Panoramic view of Stok Kangri range as seen from Leh valley in Ladakh in Kashmir, India. Stok Kangri (elevation 6,153 m (20,182 feet) is the highest mountain in the Stok Range of the Himalayas in the Ladakh region of northwest India.

snow · wildlife

Footprints of Snow Leopard in ladakh. Snow Leopard is a moderately large cat native to the mountain ranges of South Asia and Central Asia.