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Leh is the capital of the Leh District of Ladakh, India. The city lies on the true right bank of the Indus River in a narrow valley north of the river at an elevation of some 3,530 m (11,581 ft.).
I photographed this dancer during the closing ceremony of the 15-day 2007 Ladakh Festival at the Leh Polo Ground. Her blue embroidered hat is called a 'tibi' and is worn by Buddhists. The festival is held annually in Leh and nearby venues and includes polo games, archery competitions, music concerts, Cham Dances (Mask Dances), rock climbing, river rafting and camel safaris.
In the background on the horizon stands the Leh Palace, Ladakh.
There are countless number of photos of the Palace at Leh in Ladakh. Infact when I wanted to visit this monument one cloudless sunny November day, it was an exercise in futility as it was the weekly off so no entry was allowed. That was the last sight of the gates of the Palace or so I thought. I will not be ever seeing the palace again.
The facade of the Palace however is a prominent feature all along the bazaar side of the Leh town and you cannot afford to miss it in the skyline. So it did make periodic appearance in photographs that I took in the derelict and decaying inner sanctums of the township such as this place.
There is a life that goes on in the shadows and dark areas of Leh , while the sun shines fiercely and the monuments glisten on the mountainside while the sky takes on inky blue tones ( with an underexposure in camera)
This was built around the 17th century and is a a stone structure in 7 layers modeled on the Potala of Lhasa, Tibet.
This was the seat of the royal family of Ladakh. Today it stands mute testimony to its solidity while the square houses around the area were inundated by flash floods in 2009-2010.
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View towards Stok Kangri, the highest peak in the Leh area. Leh city is at an altitude of 11,500ft and Stok Kangri, the high peak in view here, is 20,182 ft (6,153 m) in height. Ladakh does not have any of the highest individual peaks in the Karakorams/Himalayas but the average height of 18,000 ft is significant as a massive barrier guarding the Indian border with Tibet/China on the East. West of the Stok range (beyond this view) is the remote Zanskar region.
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Leh Listeni/leɪ/ (Tibetan alphabet: གླེ་, Wylie: Gle), was the capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh, now the Leh district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Leh district, with an area of 45,110 km2, is the second largest district in the country, after Kutch, Gujarat (in terms of area). The town is dominated by the ruined Leh Palace, the former mansion of the royal family of Ladakh, built in the same style and about the same time as the Potala Palace-the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala, India, during the 1959 Tibetan uprising. Leh is at an altitude of 3524 metres (11,562 ft), and is connected via National Highway 1D to Srinagar in the southwest and to Manali in the south via the Leh-Manali Highway. In 2010, Leh was heavily damaged by the sudden floods caused by a cloud burst.
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Leh is the capital of the Leh District of Ladakh, India. The city lies on the true right bank of the Indus River in a narrow valley north of the river at an elevation of some 3,530 m (11,581 ft.). I photographed this tailor's shop in Leh's Main Bazaar.
This won a Bronze Medal at the S4C international exhibition in the USA in a special section for Religios Rituals.
Leh is the capital of the Leh District of Ladakh, India. The city lies on the true right bank of the Indus River in a narrow valley north of the river at an elevation of some 3,530 m (11,581 ft.). This tailor kindly agreed to a photo next to a faux snow leopard skin at his shop in Leh's Main Bazaar.
Leh is the capital of the Leh District of Ladakh, India. The city lies on the true right bank of the Indus River in a narrow valley north of the river at an elevation of some 3,530 m (11,581 ft.).
I photographed this dancer during the closing ceremony of the 15-day 2007 Ladakh Festival at the Leh Polo Ground. Her headdress is called a 'perag', which traditionally reflects the status of the wearer. The festival is held annually in Leh and nearby venues and includes polo games, archery competitions, music concerts, Cham Dances (Mask Dances), rock climbing, river rafting and camel safaris.
Leh is the capital of the Leh District of Ladakh, India. The city lies on the true right bank of the Indus River in a narrow valley north of the river at an elevation of some 3,530 m (11,581 ft.). The Leh Palace towers over the city at left. It was built by Sengge Namgyal who ruled the Kingdom of Ladakh from 1616 to 1642. The royal family occupied the upper floors with stables and storerooms on the lower floors. On the ridge to the right, the lower complex is the Namgyal Tsemo Gompa (Namgyal Tsemo Monastery). On the summit, the Tsemo Castle (aka Victory Fort, elev. c. 3,680 m, 12,073 ft.) is seen. Both were built by King Tashi Namgyal (ruled 1555-1575).
Leh, the capital of Ladakh region, absorbing the last few rays of the Sun. View from near the Shanti Stupa.
Leh was not the first time I had gone higher than 10K'. Previously, I had felt quite OK at Pikes Peak (14K'). Getting to Leh from Srinagar (5K') in a plane, in 45 minutes, though, meant we were all feeling pretty miserable. However, we would adapt and scale nearly 18K' the next day when were drove through Khardung La.