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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.). This woman was selling vegetables downtown.
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 Namgyal Tsemo Gompa (Namgyal Tsemo Monastery), lower, and the Tsemo Castle (aka Victory Fort, elev. c. 3,680 m, 12,073 ft.), upper, overlook the city. Both were built by King Tashi Namgyal (ruled 1555-1575).
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 Brokpa are a small ethnic group found in Ladakh, some of whom are Vajrayana Buddhists and some of whom are Muslims. I photographed this Brokpa man during the closing ceremony of the 15-day 2007 Ladakh Festival at the Leh Polo Ground. 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 city and the magnificent Stok range of Himalayas in this image. A 24k x 8k pixel panorama.
Best when viewed in full size.
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 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 woman during the closing ceremony of the 15-day 2007 Ladakh Festival at the Leh Polo Ground. 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.
Who am I : Thupten Ngawang
On the 26th February 2008, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has confirmed Thupten Ngawang, a child born in Nubra, Ladakh as the reincarnation of Bakula Rinpoche (the Indian Buddhist saint whoz name is also given to Leh Airport).
The child is a bright little boy born on 24th November 2005 and has been chosen from among several children (was born to parents Dorje Tsering and Sonam Dolma.)
Since the boy is too young to be inducted into the monastic order, he will first be trained in the monastic way of life. When he grows up, a coronation ceremony will be held where he will formally take the seat of Bakula at Spituk monastery.
Location : Sumur , Ladakh
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About Thupten's picture :
First visitors have to take permission from this child , if they can take his pictures...Unfortunately he said "NO" to us but his kind tutor allowed us to spend some time with him
but still this boy used to run away and never allowed us to take any pictures...saying "No Photograph" :)
Whatever I can manage to take is here.
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.