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101 images from Ladakh, created in nearly as many days!

I first visited Ladakh in 2008 and spent two months exploring the region from corner to corner. Later on, although I was keen to spend my travelling time exploring newer regions in the Himalayas, circumstances took me back to Ladakh again in different seasons for different reasons. Visits to Ladakh have always had unpredictable results, despite my familiarity with the place. There are times when I was awed, surprised and bowled over. And then there were times when monotony took over, when fatigue dominated and patience ran out. But running out of patience is a sin in the mountains. So you endure, you return and you see new things and go back with an increased respect for the mountain and its people.

I have just completed uploading my collection of 101 images from Ladakh, created over nearly as many days I spent gallivanting in this mountain country. That’s an average of one image per day! Click on the image below to view the full library.

Ladakh Images


Confluence of River Indus and Zanskar at Nimu, Ladakh

This photograph adorns the March page on WWF India table-top calendar. A few more images of winter in Ladakh are featured in a few other pages of the calendar.

I made this photograph during a winter visit to Ladakh in 2011. The first thing that struck my mind on seeing this landscape was that the tiny-looking building did not exist when I came here the first time, in 2008. The confluence of a beautiful blue Zanskar River with a muddy Indus surrounded by mountains all around looks beautiful, but is scarred by the new construction.

Confluence of Indus and Zanskar Rivers at Nimu, Ladakh


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Pashmeena Goats in Changthang, Ladakh

We found the local changpa people shepherding these Pashmeena Goats in Changthang Plateau of Ladakh. It is amazing how these animals can survive with barest of the resources in extreme weather, foraging on whatever leftover grass from the last summer.

Pashmeena Goats in Changthang, Ladakh