Ladakh, a part of Jammu & Kashmir State in north
of India consisting of two districts Leh and Kargil. Leh with an area of 45110
Sq Km makes it largest district in the country in terms of area. It lies between
30 degree to 36 degree east latitude and 76 degree to 79 degree north longitude.
The district is bounded by Pakistan occupied Kashmir in the West and China in
the north and eastern part and Lahul Spiti of Himachal Pardesh in South East.
It is at a distance of 434 Kms from Srinagar and 474 Kms from Manali. Leh district
comprises of Leh town and 112 inhabited villages and one un-inhabited village.
The total projected population of Leh is 1.17 lacs.
Leh Ladakh Travel Guide: In
geological terms, this is a young land, formed only a few million years ago
by the buckling and folding of the earth's crust as the Indian sub-continent
pushed with irresistible force against the immovable mass of Asia.
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Leh Ladakh Religion & Culture:
The faces and physique of the Ladakhis, and the clothes they wear, are more
akin to those of Tibet and Central Asia than of India. The original population
may have been Dards, an Indo-Aryan race from down the Indus.
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Leh Ladakh History: In the ancient
times the present Leh district was a part of Greater Ladakh spread over from
Kailash Mansarover to Swaat (Dardistan). The Greater ladakh was neither under
the Domain of Tibet or its influence.
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Leh Ladakh Ancient Routes: Ladakh's
position at the centre of a network of trade routes traditionally kept it in
constant touch withthe outside world. From Chinese Central Asia,the mighty Karakoram
range was breached at the Karakoram pass, a giddy 18,350 feet (5,600m).
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Central Leh Ladakh: All the major
sites connected with the former kingdom's dynastic history are here, starting
with Leh, the capital city since the early 17th century when Sengge Namgyal
built its nine-storey palace.
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Leh Ladakh Fairs & Festivals:
Many of the annual festivals of the gompas take place in winter, a relatively
idle time for the majority of the people. They take the form of dance-dramas
in the gompa courtyards.
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