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Leh, was the capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh, now the Leh district in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmi
Leh Palace also known as Lhachen Palkhar is a former royal palace of the Leh Kingdom. The Palace provides spectacular views of Stok Kangri, and the Ladakh mountain range.
This palace is open during the summer. Unfortunately, it was closed when I visited it in the winter of January, 2017.
Leh Palace also known as Lachen Palkar Palace is a former royal palace overlooking the city of Leh in Ladakh, India. It was constructed circa 1600 by Sengge Namgyal. The palace was abandoned when Dogra forces took control of Ladakh in the mid-19th century and forced the royal family to move to Stok Palace.
It is nine storeys high
Picture taken on a recent visit to Leh
Taken on the Hasselblad XPan with 45mm and orange filter. Film is Kodak T-Max 100 devd in Xtol. Paper is old batch Foma 131 devd in Moersch SE5 Lith developer
Leh Palace, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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On EXPLORE : July 12, 2007
Wish to Travel here? visit : BCM Touring :Ladakh Travel Forum
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 km, 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 connects via National Highway 1D to Srinagar in the southwest and to Manali in the south via the Leh-Manali Highway. In 2010, Leh was sorely damaged by the sudden floods caused by a cloud burst.