08/04/2009
Ladakh Part 2
Ladakh Part 2
Each month I am going to publish photographs and essays on some of my favorite places. This month I have chosen Ladakh, the very top of India between Pakistan, Tibet and Xinjiang in the upper North-East. I had the pleasure to travel there this Spring and visited some of its amazing monasteries.
Ladakh Photo byDaniel Sullivan
The landscape of Ladakh perched high up in Himalaya is truly awe inspiring. This was the view from my guest house window.
Lamayuru Monastery Photo by Daniel Sullivan
The majority of the people in Ladakh are Buddhist and there are 35 Monasteries spread across the area. The oldest Monastery there is the Lamayuru which dates back to the pre-Buddhist Bon religion.
Photo by Daniel Sullivan
The monasteries of Phyang, Hemis, Chemrey and Lamayuru all belong to the Red Hat (Kargyu-pa) sect of Tibetan Monastic Order.
Zanzikari Shoes Photo by Daniel Sullivan
A pair of traditional Zanzakari shoes, sits outside the entrance of a monastery in Ladakh as pilgrims make their way to all the shrines on an auspicious day in the first month of the Tibetan year.
Chemrey Monastery Photo by Daniel Sullivan
Monk on the streets of Leh, Photo by Daniel Sullivan
Monks in Ladakh, Photo by Daniel Sullivan
Ladakhi Woman, Photo by Daniel Sullivan
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