village

music · festival

Lama Tashi is a skilled chant master. Even the Tibetan Buddhist scholar himself admits, he is not an usual singer. The young and energetic chant master shot to the limelight with the Grammy nomination in the traditional music category.

Himachal Pradesh·village · river

Tabo is a small town in the Lahaul and Spiti district on the banks of the Spiti River in Himachal Pradesh. One can see a helicopter flies over the Tabo village.

Himachal Pradesh·village · river

A young Buddhist monk performs prayer at Tabo village in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. He wears a red ribbon on his head. Village woman carries her son on her back as she walks.

village · river

A village once having earned the status of being the richest village in Asia also has numerous pagodas and shrines located at the heart of the village.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · village

In this discourse attended by the villagers of Tabo valley and Buddhist monks, the preacher explains about medical amputations and why it needs to be done for the survival of the patient with trauma in their limbs or in cases of leprosy.

livestock · village

An old Ladakhi man in his sheep-skin jacket talks to his pet Yak, at Ulley village. A lovely winter cloud tapestry frames a backdrop to the village in Ladakh, India.

river · village

Bagha river originates from the Lahaul valley. A number of snowfed rivers join it during its course, before it joins the Chandra stream at Tandi.

Jammu and Kashmir·highway · village

View of Karu village as seen from Leh-Manali Highway en route Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

aerial · village

Aerial view of Nimmo village in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Village with shops and teastalls on main road. Taxidrivers like to stop here and buses stop for tea.

Kargil, Ladakh·hills · village

View of Jamia Masjid in Drass village, Kargil district, Kashmir. Dras is a town in the kargil District of Jammu and Kashmir, India on National Highway 1D (India) NH 1D.

Ladakh·village

Chokiyal village of Kargil district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Kargil is a district of Ladakh region in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

village

The Indian village of Chuchot Yokma is located in the taluk of Chuchot, district of Leh Ladakh, in the state of Jammu & Kashmir.

hills · village

Tourists take a break and lunches together at a home-stay at Oleh Village in Ladakh. Oleh Village is probably the last village of Ladakh which is around 14400 ft above from sea level and has only four houses with the total population of 20…

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.

hills · river

Tangtse lies on the valley floor through which the Harong stream flows. Surrounded by mountains, the village lies on flat arid ground with greenery to be seen only along the Harong stream.

village

A village in winter, Ladakh. Ladakh is a region of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of the Republic of India.

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.

festival · village

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

village

Hanle in the Changthang region of Ladakh is one of the most beautiful, enchanting, calm and soul losing places in India.

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.

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.

village

The lush green looking meadows in the Hanle village, Ladakh. Hanle is small village with home to the 17th century Hanle Gompa.

village · farmland

A hitherto untouched side of Ladakh, nestled in the Karakoram range, lies a village by the name of Turtuk. A tiny farming village nestled between snow-topped mountains in India’s far northwestern region of Ladakh.