LADAKH “Land Of High Passes”

LADAKH

Presentation by : Sushant negi Ajay verma

About• Ladakh "land of high passes“ is a region of Jammu and

Kashmir and lies between the Karakoram mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan origin. It is one of the most sparsely populated regions in Jammu and Kashmir.

• Ladakh is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and culture. It is sometimes called "Little Tibet" as it has been strongly influenced by Tibetan culture.

• Ladakh is the highest plateau of state of Kashmir with much of it being over 3,000 m (9,800 ft). It spans the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges and the upper Indus River valley.

ON MAP

How to get there By Flight : From Delhi & Srinagar - Indian

Airlines & Jet airways.

By Road : Srinagar to Leh via Kargil ( 2-3

days) Manali to Leh (2 - 3 Days) These are the most beautiful &

breathtaking road journey’ on the worlds highest road, crossing passes as high as 15000 ft & even more..

Government run busses ply on these roads, or else you can hire taxi / jeeps or maybe ride your own way on motor-cycles.

LEH AIRPORT

Visits in Ladakh Leh City

Pangong Lake

Tso-moriri

Zanskar

Khardungla

Nubra valley

Kargil

Hemis gompa

LEH CITYLeh, was the capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh, now the Leh District in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Leh, with an area of 45,110 km2, is the second largest district in the country (after Kutch, Gujarat) in terms of area.

Attractions• Shanti Stupa • Leh Palace.• Hemis gompa• War Museum• Jama Masjid

SHANTI STUPA

LEH PALACE

HEMIS GOMPA

HALL OF FAME

JAMA MASJID

PANGONG LAKE Pangong Tso is an endorheic lake in the Himalayas situated at a height of about 4,350 m (14,270 ft).

It is 134 km (83 mi) long and extends from India to Tibet. 60% of the length of the lake lies in China. The lake is 5 km (3.1 mi) wide at its broadest point.

All together it covers 604 sq. km. During winter the lake freezes completely, despite being saline water.

The brackish water of the lake has very low micro-vegetation. Guides report that there are no fish or other aquatic life in the lake, except for some small crustaceans.

TSO MORIRITsomoriri or Lake Moriri (official name: Tsomoriri Wetland Conservation Reserve), in the Changthang area, is a High Altitude Lake (HAL) with an altitude of 4,595 m (15,075 ft) in Ladakh, India and is the largest of the High Altitude Lakes in the Trans-Himalayan biogeographic region, entirely within India.The lake formerly had an outlet to the south, but it has contracted considerably and has become land locked; as a result; the water is now brackish to saline.

KORZOK MONASTRY

ZANSKARZanskar is a sub district or tehsil of the Kargil district, which lies in the eastern half of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The administrative center is Padum. Zanskar, together with the neighbouring region of Ladakh, was briefly a part of the kingdom of Guge in Western Tibet.

It also separates Kinnaur District from Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. The highest peaks of Himachal are in Zanskar range.

CHADAR TREK

A White Yak in Zanskar Range

KHARDUNG LA

Khardung La (Khardung Pass, la means pass in Tibetan) is a high mountain pass located in Ladakh region.

The pass on the Ladakh Range lies north of Leh and is the gateway to the Shyok and Nubra valleys.

Local summit signs claim that its elevation is 5,602 m (18,380 ft) metres high and that it is the world's highest motorable pass

NUBRA VALLEYNubra Valley is about 150 km north of Leh. Local scholars say that its original name was Ldumra (the valley of flowers).The Shyok River meets the Nubra or Siachan River to form a large valley that separates the Ladakh and the Karakoram Ranges. The average altitude of the valley is about 10,000 ft. above the sea level. The common way to access this valley is to travel over the Khardung La from Leh. Non-locals require an Inner Line Permit (obtainable in Leh town) to enter Nubra.

KARGIL• Kargil, the only town in the Suru valley, is the second most important town in

Ladakh

• Kargil was an area of conflict in the wars of 1947, 1965 and 1971 and the focal point of a potential nuclear conflict during the Kargil War in 1999.

• The Ladakh region was bifurcated into the Kargil and Leh districts in 1979. In 1989, there were violent riots between Buddhists and Muslims.

.Major tourist attractions in Kargil are –• Drass War memorial• Archery Contest• Central Asian Museum

DRASS WAR MEMORIAL

CENTRAL ASIAN MUSEUM

HEMIS GOMPAThe Hemis Gompa was built in 1620 by the king-architect Singe Namgyal who was a great patron of Buddhism, This  is  the biggest gompa of Ladakh.  It is situated 44 kms from Leh on the Leh-Manali  road. For a visit to this place one has to travel 8 kms via Karu, after crossing the river Indus. Hemis Gompa  is  not visible from the road.  There are several  temples here,  which contain stupas and precious images made of gold.

The annual Hemis festival honoring Padmasambhava is held in early June.

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