When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Hemis Monastery - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemis_Monastery

    Hemis Monastery is a Himalayan Buddhist monastery of the Drukpa Lineage, in Hemis on the bank of the Indus River, Ladakh, India. Situated 45 km from Leh, it was re-established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgyal. The annual Hemis festival honouring Padmasambhava is held there in early June.

  3. Hemis National Park - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemis_National_Park

    Hemis National Park is a high-elevation national park in Hemis in Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is approx. 50 km from Leh ,One of the capital of Ladakh ( Leh , Kargil ). Globally famous for its snow leopards , it is believed to have the highest density of them in any protected area in the world. [ 1 ]

  4. Hemis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemis

    Hemis, also spelled Hamis, is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. [2] It is located in the Kharu tehsil, 40 km southeast of Leh town on the Leh-Manali Highway and under-construction Bhanupli–Leh line. Hemis is well known for the Hemis monastery that was established in 1672 AD by king Sengge Namgyal. The village hosts a colorful ...

  5. Tourism in Ladakh - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Ladakh

    Ladakh landscape Leh Palace, Leh, Ladakh. Tourism is one of the economic contributors to the union territory of Ladakh in Northern India.This union territory is located between the Karakoram mountain range to the north and the Himalayas to the south, and is situated at a height of 11,400 ft. Ladakh is composed of Leh and Kargil districts.

  6. Culture of Ladakh - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Ladakh

    [10] [11] Folk music is an integral part of Ladakh's culture. Music is often inspired by the surrounding physical features. [12] Morup Namgyal is an avid preservationist and during his 30-year career working at Ladakh's only radio station (All India Radio, Leh) he recorded a vast archive of Ladakhi folk songs. [13]

  7. Hemis Shukpachan - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemis_Shukpachan

    Hemis-Shukpachan or Hemishok Pachan is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. [2] It is located in the Likir tehsil . Alternative transliterations of the village's name include Hemmis Shyk Pachan and Hemis Shukpachan.

  8. Thikse Monastery - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thikse_Monastery

    It is located on top of a hill in Thiksey approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of Leh, in the Ladakh region of northern India. [1] It is noted for its resemblance to the Potala Palace in Lhasa , Tibet , and is the largest monastery in central Ladakh, notably containing a separate set of buildings for female renunciates that has been the ...

  9. Rumbak - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumbak

    Rumbak is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. [2] It is located in the Likir tehsil and lies within Hemis National Park. [3] Demographics