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Ladakh Himalaya

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Part of the Himalayas - including Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world - are in India. Ladakh, situated in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, is a former kingdom of the Himalayas that shares more common geographical and cultural traits with Tibet than with the rest of India. Some even say that Tibetan culture is nowadays better preserved in Ladakh than in Tibet. Like its cross-border neighbor, Ladakh is a high altitude semi-desert lying in the rain shadow north of the Himalayas. The only greenery are the irrigated wheat and barley fields near the isolated villages, most of which are accessible only by trails that follow deep river valleys. The sublimely austere and lonely mineral landscape of Ladakh is dotted by gompas, Tibetan buddhist monasteries, of which the most spectacular is Phuktal in Zanskar, clinging to the opening of a huge cave above a gorge. Zanskar is the most remote region of Ladakh, accessible by road only during four months of the year. By contrast to Zanskar and Ladakh, the Lahaul region (which used to be part of the kingdom of Ladakh), in Himachal Pradesh south of the crest of the Himalayas, presents verdant valleys.

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Chorten and mountain slopes, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Stongdey Monastary dwarfed by huge cliffs, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Lights and shadows, Karsha monastery, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Tsarap River valley, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Bardan monastery at the entrance of Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Perched monastary, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Tsarap River and Phugtal monastery, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Chorten, prayer flag, and Phuktal Gompa, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Phugtal gompa, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) People ascending a trail past a chorten below Phuktal,  Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Elderly women with turquoise-covered head adornments, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Women on trail near Padum, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Family herding cattle in arid mountains, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Ichack Village, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Gompa with monk on balcony overlooking verdant village, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Field of barley grasses, village, and hills, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Woman sitting on roof of house in front of mountain landscape, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Yaks and Gumburanjan monolith, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Zanskar River flanked by high cliff, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Snowy ridge above Shingo La, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Wildflowers and cultivated fields in the Padum plain, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Cultivated fields, village, gompa, and barren mountains, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Padum, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Chortens overlooking cultivations in the Padum plain, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Monastary at the base of tall cliffs, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Barren hills with figures walking towards Karsha monastery, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Zongkul Gompa, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Chortens in monestary, Padum, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Group of villagers,  Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Covered chorten river valley, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Bardan monastery, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Terraced roofs of village above river valley, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Dramatic light on barren mountains, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Houses lost in mineral landscape, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Cultivated fields, chorten, and Phuktal monastery, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Phuktal gompa, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Group of people on narrow mountain trail with yaks, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Chorten, trail,  and river valley, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) River Valley and cloud shadows, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Multi colored mountains, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Rocky slopes topped by village and gompa, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Village and scree slope, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Zanskar River valley with cultivation patches, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Chortens, cultivated terraces,  and village, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Stone fence, chortens, cultivations, and village, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Kargiakh village, with Gumburanjan peak in the distance, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Zanskar River and  Gumburanjan monolith, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Zanskar Valley flanked by Gumburanjan monolith, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Stones and mani wall, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Children, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Trekker crossing a river by cable, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Man crossing a river by rope bridge, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Gorge and precarious bridge, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Shingo La Pass, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Snowy peaks, Himachal Pradesh. India ( black and white) Valley with high cliffs and clouds, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Trekker and sheep herd, Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Verdant valley, Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. India ( black and white) Chortens and  prayer flags, Lahul, Himachal Pradesh. India ( black and white) Monestary, Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. India ( black and white) Prayer flag, chortens, and verdant valley below, Himachal Pradesh. India ( black and white) House and eatery, Himachal Pradesh. India ( black and white) Crowd watching a performance, Keylong, Himachal Pradesh. India ( black and white) Market, Keylong, Himachal Pradesh. India ( black and white) Women in market, Keylong, Himachal Pradesh. India ( black and white) Prayer flag and cloud-capped peak, Himachal Pradesh. India ( black and white) Mountainside road with hairpin turns, Himachal Pradesh. India ( black and white) Braided river and mountain range seen from high pass, Himachal Pradesh. India ( black and white) Snowy peaks at sunset, Himachal Pradesh. India ( black and white) Hairpin turns on Khadung La pass, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white) Valley and road between Kargil and Padum, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir. India ( black and white)
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