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4 places to explore — hand-picked across Leh & Ladakh.
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Leh & Ladakh
Alchi is unlike any other gompa in Ladakh: it sits low by the Indus rather than on a crag, and its temples preserve some of the finest 11th–12th century Buddhist art in the world. The Kashmiri-styl…
Diskit is the oldest and largest monastery of the Nubra valley, founded in the 14th century and stacked on a rocky spur above the Shyok river. Its prayer halls hold fierce guardian deities and cent…
Hemis Monastery is a deeply revered Himalayan Buddhist sanctuary belonging to the Drukpa (Dragon) lineage of the Kagyu sect. Tucked away discreetly inside a hidden mountain canyon along the western…
Thiksey Gompa cascades down a hillock above the Indus like a miniature Potala Palace — twelve storeys of whitewashed cells, red-ochre temples and golden finials. The seat of the Gelug (Yellow Hat) …
