People Living in Ladakh

The people of Ladakh live in very high mountain valleys between the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Ladakh is divided into the primarily Muslim district of Kargil and the primarily Buddhist district of Leh, which is the focus of most of the literature on Ladakhi peacefulness. The 2001 census counted 117,000 people in Leh District. India.

Changspa in Leh
Chortens, Lhatos and passageways in Changspa, Leh. India.
Bottom of BOSGO village
Ladakhi women circumambulate chortens with stucco motifs at base of Basgo Palace. Typical motifs are Kinnara (bird-human figures) on the south and peacocks to the west. The windhorse and elephants may be painted on the other two sides. Ladakh, India.
Bottom of BOSGO village
Two Ladakhi women sit below a chorten with stucco motifs at base of Basgo palace. Typical motifs are Kinnara (bird-human figures) on the south and peacocks to the west. The windhorse and elephants may be painted on the other two sides. Ladakh, India.
Lamayuru Monastery
A woman holding a hand-held prayer wheel and prayer beads turns prayer wheels on her kora around Lamayuru monastery.
Lamayuru Monastery
A woman holding a hand-held prayer wheel and prayer beads turns prayer wheels on her kora around Lamayuru monastery.
Lamayuru Monastery
A woman holding a hand-held prayer wheel and prayer beads turns prayer wheels on her kora around Lamayuru monastery.
Lamayuru Monastery
A woman holding a hand-held prayer wheel and prayer beads turns prayer wheels on her kora around Lamayuru monastery.
Temisgam
Local carpet weaver in Temisgam. Ladakh, India.
Goat Hair blanket
Ladakhi women sits in front of goat-hair blanket in Khaltsi. Ladakh, India.
Goat Hair blanket
Ladakhi women sits in front of goat-hair blanket in Khaltsi. Ladakh, India.
Bottom of BOSGO village
Ladakhi elder pilgrims rest after circumambulating chortens at the bottom of Bosgo village. Ladakh, India.
Locals from Alchi village.
Nimmo village
Bottom of BOSGO village
Farmer woman in Ladakh counts beads as she does kora. Bottom of BOSGO village. Chorten with relief. Ladakh, India.
On the way to Nurla
Palace of Leh
Nurla village, Ladakh, India.
Ama Tunnu's portrait. Nurla. Ladakh, India.
Nurla village, Ladakh, India.
Ama Tunnu's portrait. Nurla. Ladakh, India.
Locals from Alchi village.
Locals from Alchi village making Ladakhi bread. Ladakh, India.
Locals from Alchi village.
Locals from Alchi village making Ladakhi bread. Ladakh, India.
Palace of Leh
Ladakhi bread. Leh.
Tia Village
Angchuk's Kitchen in Tia village. Ladakh, India.
Tia Village
Angchuk's Kitchen in Tia village. Ladakh, India.
Nurla village, Ladakh, India.
Ama Tunu in her winter kitchen, which has a steel stove decorated with auspicious symbols. The holy pillar on her right has an oil lamp for honoring the god of the hearth. Ladakh, India.
Nurla village, Ladakh, India.
Ama Tunu in her winter kitchen, which has a steel stove decorated with auspicious symbols. The holy pillar on her right has an oil lamp for honoring the god of the hearth. Ladakh, India.
Elderly Ladakhi woman. Leh, India.
Thiksey Monastery
Ladakhi girls in front of Thiksey Monastery. Leh, India.
On the way to Nurla
Local kids playing cricket. Leh, India.
On the way to Nurla
Local kids playing cricket. Leh, India.
Hand made ceramics
Skalzang Norbu, 69, hand-builds "bumpa", or ritual vases, outside his home in Likir. Ladakhi, India.
Hand made ceramics
Kunzes Dolma, who helps her husband collect and mix the clay for his pots. Ladakh, India.
Hand made ceramics
Skalzang Norbu, a potter in Likir, finishing a bumpa for a monastery. Ladakh, India.
Hand made ceramics
Skalzang Norbu, a potter in Likir, finishing a bumpa for a monastery. Ladakh, India.
Hand made ceramics
Skalzang Norbu, 69, hand-builds "bumpa", or ritual vases, outside his home in Likir.
Hand made ceramics
Skalzang Norbu, 69, handbuilds a bumpa, or ritual vase that may be placed within a lukang or foundation of a house. Ladakh, India.

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