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Article: Photo essay: images from Ladakh's monasteries.(Report)
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- Marg, A Magazine of the Arts
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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Geographically the great Tibetan plateau extends westwards into the northernmost state of India, at a general altitude of 3000-4000 m above sea level; this region of mountainous, rocky Himalayan landscape is Ladakh, often referred to as "Little Tibet". Through this high-altitude desert course the rivers Indus and Zanskar, along which lie the settlements of the Ladakhi people. Ladakh is perhaps the region where the original way of life, culture, traditions, and religious practices of Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism are best preserved. A number of Buddhist monasteries, or gompas, dot the landscape, and these are repositories of the finest ...