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| Ladakh |
| Destination Ladakh>> Tourist information and travel guide on Ladakh,
Sightseeing in Ladakh, monasteries, gompas, trekking, river rafting and mountaineering in
Ladakh |
| Ladakh, or
La-Dags, the land of many passes, lies on the northern tip of India’s frontiers with
Pakistan and China. A vast expanse of wind-swept cold desert, Ladakh covers about sixty
percent of Jammu & Kashmir’s land area, but houses only a fraction of its
population. Divided into the main regions of Leh and Kargil, this region has remained
isolated from the rest of the world for a long time. |
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| Entering
‘Little Tibet’ as Ladakh is commonly known, you get transported into a
different age, when people travelled across high mountain passes and over swift-flowing
rivers, kings ruled with a firm hand and on occasion, marauding armies swept in to carry
away the wealth. Lying on the cross roads of the fabled Silk Route, Ladakh was a important
halt for the caravans that made their way across the hostile Karakoram Ranges into Central
Asia. Ladakh's hostile mountainscape, the
austere terrain around Leh (capital city of Ladakh), the green river valleys, winding
roads straddling towering mountains, untouched wildernesses of the Zanskar valley and the
unforgiving terrain of the Kargil region are all about unravelling nature at its starkest.
At every bend of the road, every tiny hamlet across the river and remote monastery on the
hillside, an intriguing picture unfolds before your eyes. Ladakh - a land, truly
unparalleled in its majestic beauty. |
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T B O X |
| Area |
96,701 sq km(approx.) |
| Population |
2,00,000 (approx.) |
| State |
Jammu & Kashmir |
| Religion |
Buddhism, Islam |
| Language |
Ladakhi |
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