Trip Overview

Ladakh, also known as the land of high passes, is a tourist region located in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Ladakh is major tourist destination in India which also has attracted the attention of many filmmakers in India as they prefer to suit many sequences of the films in the exotic location full of natural beauty. The region of Ladakh lies between the Kunlun Mountain Range in the North and the Great Himalayas to the south. It is mostly inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent. As it is located in between and close to the mountains, the area is very sparsely populated. The culture of the people living in Ladakh is rather closely related to Tibet. Though a major tourist destination, Ladakh has always been restless because of the border dispute between India and neighboring Pakistan.

Geographically, Ladakh borders Tibet in the East, Lahaul and Spiti in the South, Kashmir and Jammu in the West, and Xinjiang to the far North. As stated earlier, the place is more renowned for its natural beauty of the mountains and the old culture of the region. Many tourists who visit India for travelling make sure that they make a point to visit Ladakh as they don’t want to miss out on the opportunity to get close with the pristine nature and its hypnotizing ambience. Ladakh can be reached via two routes once the tourists are in India to explore the beauty of the region. The major two routes are through Srinagar and Manali.

Previously, Ladakh had a special importance as a strategic location for trade routes but after the Chinese government closed the borders with Tibet and Central Asia in the 1960s, trade has gone down in the region except for tourism. Indian government has been encouraging and promoting tourism in Ladakh and has been successful in its endeavors too as it happens to be one of the major destinations for both domestic and international tourists.

The largest town of Ladakh is known as Leh. Close to half of Ladakhis are Buddhists of Tibetan origin and the rest of them are mostly Shia Muslims. Kargil is the second largest town in Ladakh after Leh. As we all know Kargil is infamous for several wars concerning border dispute between India and Pakistan. Of late, some Ladakhi activists have also called for Ladakh to be made a separate union territory because of unfair treatment by Kashmir.

The ancient Tibetan cultures, their costumes, observation of natural beauty of the mountains and the surroundings, the old Monasteries and temples are some of the highlights of Ladakh for the visiting tourists.

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