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Ladakh a region of trans
Himalayan high altitude (3522 meter) desert
Bounded
by two of the world's mightiest mountain ranges, the Karakoram in the north and
the Great Himalaya in the south, offers its visitor varieties of activities to suit
different taste: - cultural, adventure, ritual, place, people, festivals, wild life
and lot more in the middle of spectacular landscape.
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Ladakh comprises three
main regions. The first is Leh & Upper Indus Valley. This is the cultural
heartland of Ladakh where many monasteries and palaces reflect the deep Buddhist
heritage of the region. Leh has been the center of Tibetan-Buddhist culture
since
ages. The Zanskar Valley is the second region. It's a comparatively isolated
valley to the south of Indus Valley and its high culture is also Buddhism.
The third main region of Ladakh includes Kargil & Suru Valley, west of
Leh down the Indus Valley. It supports an Islamic culture that can be traced back
to the 15th century.
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The Ladakh range has no
major peaks; its average heigh t is a little less than 6,000 metres (19,700 ft), and few of its
passes are less than 5,000 metres (16,400 ft). The Pang-gong range runs parallel
to the Ladakh range about 100 km northwest from Chushul, along the southern shore
of the Pang-gong Lake Its highest range is 6,700 metres (22,000 ft), and the northern
slopes are heavily glaciated.
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Ladakhi culture is similar
to Tibetan culture. Ladakhi food has
much in common with Tibetan food, the most prominent foods being Thukpa, noodle
soup; and Tsumpa, known in Ladakhi as Ngampe, roasted barley flour, eatable without
cooking it makes useful, if dull trekking food. A dish that is strictly Ladakhi
is skyu, a heavy pasta dish with root vegetables. As Ladakh moves toward a less
sustainable, cash based economy, foods from the plains of India are becoming more
common.
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Lots of festival celebration
in the region reflects the
rich
culture of the past. and prominent among them are monastic festivals, which are
termed as northern Himalayas most vibrant and fascinating spectacles, in which sacred
masked dance (chaam) are performed by monks. festivals on card are: hemis, dak-thog,
yurukabgyad, SINDHU DHARSHAN and LADAKH FESTIVAL ETC
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Road Distances:
Srinagar-Leh
434 Km
Manali-Leh 473 Km
Srinagar-Kargil 204 Km
Delhi-Leh 1047 Kms
Leh-Kargil 234 Km
Kargil-Padum (Zanskar) 240 Km
Leh-Deskit (Nubra Valley) 118 Kms.
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