Ladakh & Kashmir 2007

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October 3rd 2007

Published: October 24th 2007

To start off with… First of all, JULEY 😊 Well, that’s ‘Welcome’ in Ladakhi. Actually it can be any greeting - hi , bye, good morning, evening, anything really ! BTW La-Dakh means ‘Land of Passes’. Ladakh is a desert mountain with arid terrain in summer and snow during rest of the year. You will find some green or yellow patches of shrubs only in the valleys probably along with ... Read Full Entry

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House boats on Dal lake !

Kashmir's famous Chinar tree !

View of Shankaraycharya hill from Dal lake

Kashmir's famous shikaras - this one selling Kashmir's famous flowers !

A rose

Another blue flower !

Temple at Khardung La top

Every pass has a temple at it's top. I guess they need all the blessings to deal with such terrain !

Temple at Chang La top

Jai Changla Baba !

Structure in Sumur

Not sure what this is, straight in the middle of the road. Very colourful though !

Rock cut statue of Maitreya at Mulbek, near Kargil

Maitreya is the future Buddha. Mulbek is also the place where Buddhism ends and Islam starts.

Hasratbal mosque in Srinagar

Another spectacular view of the Golden temple at Amritsar !

Memorial at Khardung La top

In memory of those who lost their lives building the roads.

Memorial at Jallianawala bagh

For the innocents who lost there lives in the firing in 1919.

War memorial at Drass

Has heart rending stories of the martyrs during all the wars. Very emotional experience.

Last point at Hunder in Nubra valley

Beyond which it is not allowed for civilians. See the man with the rifle !

River joining from Pakistan near Kargil

Apparently this river is coming from Pakistan from the right side

Near LOC around Kargil

Was exciting to be close to the Line of Control and seeing such signboards !

Tigerhill, made famous during the '99 Kargil war

Village close to Pak in Attari at Wagah border !

Pakistan villages are just beyond this area ! Attari has an Int'l railway station as there's a train service to Pak !

Wagah Border - Pakistan just a few meters away

The daily evening parade in progress. While the parade itself is a treat to watch, the rest of the show is bollywoodized.

28th December 2010

Patel snap of me meditating at Pangong Tso !

chenu yadav
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what a great picturization. Awesome, i have seen ur full trip. by seeing ur picture i can imagine what a place it is. great job done bro. Thanks for showing this ammazing pixs. thanks Chenu yadav

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