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Ladakh
is India's most remote and sparsely populated region
; a high-altitude desert cradled by the Karakoram and
Great Himalaya Ranges, and criss-crossed by line upon
line of razor-sharp peaks and ridges.
Variously described as "Mini Tibet" or "the
last Shangri-la", "La-Dags - Land of high
mountain passes".
Here the landscape assumes fantastic and bizarre shakes,
a result of nature's erosion factor. Surrealistic colours
splash off rocks ranging from rust, Gold, pink and yellow.
Here one is traversing the roof of the world,where Budhhism
is a dominant factor moulding the lives of the local
inhabitants.
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In
Ladakh symbols of Budhhism are everywhere. Strings of
multicoloured prayer flags flutter from the roof tops
of houses , while bright prayer wheels and white washed
chortens (Stupas). Perched on rocky hilltops and clinging
to sheer cliffs, Gompas are both repositories of ancient
wisdom and living centres of worship, whose gloomy prayer
halls and ornate shrines harbour remarkable art treasures;
giant brass Budhhas, thangkas, libraries of antique
Tibetan manuscripts, weired musical instruments and
painted walls that writhe with fierce tantric divinities.
Here ageless monasteries cling precariously to craggy
hillsides which present one with a strangely beautiful
picture one of the most memorable JEEP SAFARIES, one
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