The Likir Monastery or gompa is one of the oldest and well maintained monasteries in Ladakh district in India’s northernmost state, Jammu and Kashmir. The monastery is located in Likir village ...

Likir festival is the major attraction of the monastery. It is celebrated every year from the 27th to 29th of twelfth month of Tibetan calendar. Festival starts with votive offering that is also ...

Ancient art, stark beauty, crumbling architecture - and aching calves - are all encountered on a trek through Ladakh's Markha ...

Ladakh is often called the "Land of High Passes ... Alchi Monastery, also called Alchi Gompa, is found along the banks of the Indus River. It's like finding a hidden treasure chest full of ...

Art conservation in Ladakh was never considered a profession ... she would be dropped off at Chamba Gompa, also called ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is considering a proposal to regularise vast areas of government land in the Union Territory of Ladakh, in the names of local residents who have been using or ...