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Ladakh is the highest and the most popular place in India. It is bounded by world's two mightiest mountain ranges the great Himalayan and the Karakoram, It lies athwart two others The Ladakh and the Zanskar range. The grandeur of snow-capped mountains around small and narrow river basins and its picturesque location of monasteries, the rich ancient Buddhist monuments, the traditional folk songs and folk dance, all go in to make this unique mountain abode of man, a great attraction for tourists of all categories Ladakh is also home to four major mountain ranges: the Great Himalayan, Zanskar, Ladakh, and Karakoram, the land offers overwhelming natural beauty summoning the more intense and adventurous visit that appeal the tourists. The magical beauty of the region is totted up with the charming disposition and simplicity of the Buddhist people and the beautifully decorated monasteries contrast the comparatively harsh vicinity of the land.

It also attracts the more intense and adventurous of travelers. The overwhelming wilderness and magic can only belong to this great land of towering mountains and Buddhist simplicity. Its landscape, sky, shooting stars, silence, wizened faces, rosy cheeks, dragons and Zen - everything also makes Ladakh a quite place to visit. There are a number of interesting places and monasteries to visit in and around Leh, such as - The Leh Palace, the monasteries of Shey, Hemis, Alchi, Thikse and Lamayuru. Ladakh is a glorious land of surprises; it is also a land of enthralling natural beauty and diversity that can easily fascinate even the most seasoned traveler.

Major Attractions in Ladakh


The Hemis Monastery
The Hemis monastery is the largest monastery in Ladakh. Hemis is especially renowned for a huge painting of the Buddha, which is displayed to the poublic once in 11 years.

The Thikse Monastery
The Thikse monastery, near Leh, is considered to be an architectural wonder. The Shey monastery has a huge gold-plated copper statue of the Buddha.

Sankar Gompa
Sankar Gompa, 3-km north of the town centre, is among the most accessible monasteries in central Ladakh - hence its restricted visiting hours for tourists

Alchi
Driving past on the nearby Srinagar-Leh highway, you'd never guess that this is one of the most significant historical sites in Asia.

Dah-Hanu
Dah and Hanu are places on the far side of the great Indus River on the far side of Leh. Surrounded by the great Hindu - Kush mountains and peopled by a hardy but gentle people who have a bank of strange legends to relate for the weary traveller's ears.

Hemis Wildlife Sanctuary
The Hemis High Altitude National Park includes the catchments of two valleys, which drain into the River Indus. It is named after the famous monastery - Hemis, and sprawls over 600-sq-km in the Markha And Rumbak valleys.

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