Ladakh

river · highway

Upshi is a village and road junction on the Leh-Manali Highway in Ladakh region of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located 47 km to the southeast of Leh along the Indus river valley and Tanglang La on the Leh-Manali highway.

hills

People of Ladakh wears thick clothes with full dedication constructs a stupa for well being of all living. Two men does final touch to stupa, one man makes wall and other are constructing drain.

highway

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.

highway

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.

festival · hills

Shey Palace in Ladakh is perched atop a cliffy slope, with a row of chortens and a marshy valley floor below. The Palace and Monastery of Shey are in the vicinity of the village by the same name.

music · dance

What is this Ladakhi music pipe called? This is not your typical Ladakhi music performance. Instruments like Dimjang, Linyu (flute), Damnyan (string instrument) Pivang, Khakong, (sitar) Daph (Dafli) are also facing the threat of extinction,…

With a disproportionately big head, the kiang is the largest of the wild asses. It usually weighs 250 to 360 kilograms, almost the weight of three to four adult men.

old town

The Turtuk Traditional House and Museum displays local Ladakhi heritage through preserved artefacts and architectural features.

hills · snow

This beautiful scene from a remote valley in Ladakh captures a narrow frozen stream running through the cold desert, lightly blanketed with fresh snow.

Imagine our shock when we had a Tempo Traveller leaving for Ladakh at 12 midnight and were waiting for our brand new 65" Curved Samsung UHD 4K TV to arrive from Snapdeal.

highway · river

View of Indian Army truck convoy travel to Indo Tibetan border at Chang La, Ladakh in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Chang La (el. 5,360 m or 17,590 ft) is a high mountain pass in Ladakh, India.

hills · aerial

Stunning aerials of climbing in Ladakh Himalaya, around Stok and Golep Kangri.

ceremony

Shey Palace complex is structures located on a hillock in Shey, 15 kilometers to the south of Leh in Ladakh on the Leh-Manali road.

lake · aerial

An aerial view of the Tso Kar basin in Ladakh, India, one of the most important high-altitude wetland systems of the Indian Himalayas.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teaching on "The Three Principal Aspects of the Path", "Chanting the Names of Manjushri" and "Generating Bodhichitta Through Equalling and Exchanging Oneself and Others in the Restricted Tradition" at the teach…

river · village

A clear water stream flows down the Sakti / Shakti Village in Ladakh. Sakti / Shakti is a village situated only 45 km from Leh city of Jammu and Kashmir state in India. Thak Thok Monastery is situated in the same village.

river

Starting from The Apricot Tree Hotel, fly over the Indus river valley at Nurla in Ladakh, with poplar and willow thickets by the Indus, a bridge crossing the river and a stream flowing in.

flowers

Sickle Medick is an erect perennial herb with trifoliate leaves, and short rounded stalked clusters of small yellow pea-like flowers, each 8-11 mm long. Leaflets are generally narrow-oblong, 8-10 mm, toothed.

festival · hills

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.

snow · hills

Naturalists searching for Snow Leopard in the snow covered barren mountains of Ladakh, India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

village · temple

This is Chemday monastery, we are told! Far away view of Takthok monastery perched on solitary brown hill at Shakti village, Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

snow · hills

Naturalists searching for Snow Leopard in the snow covered barren mountains of Ladakh, India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.