ABOUT LADAKH TOURISM

Discover Ladakh
The geographical backbone of Ladakh, the Indus Valley, particularly from Upshi down to Khalatse, is also the region's historic heartland.

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Ladakh Adventure
The area most frequented by foreign climbers is the Nun-Kun Massif in the Great Himalayan Range. Its easy accessiblity from the Kargil-Pudum road.

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Ladakh Fairs & Festivals
The religious philosophy of Buddhism, however, profound and subtle doesn’t preclude an immense joie-de-vivre among its Ladakh adherents.

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Ladakh Monastries
King Deldan Namgial (1620 - 1640) built Shey palace in the beginning of the 17th century AD. The main image in the monastery is the 3- storey statue.

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Ladakh Places of Interest
Drass (3230 m), 60 km west of Kargil on the road to Srinagar, is a small township lying in the centre of the valley of the same name.

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Ladakh Travel Circuits
Down the Indus, between Khalatse and the Shayok -Indus confluence, live a people, known as Drok-pa, Buddhists in name, but racially and culturally distinct.

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Ladakh Wildlife
Ladakh is a mysterious land shrouded in myth and legend. Much of its ancient history is known only through the mythology of its people.

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Ladakh Pilgrimage Centres
Once the capital of the ancient kingdom of Zanskar, Padum (3505 m) is the present day administrative headquarters of the region.

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