@ UmaS: Thks Uma. This is Lamayuru Monastery in Kargil district. It’s at a height of 3510 mts! Lamayuru is one of the largest and oldest gompas in Ladakh, with a population of around 150 permanent monks resident. It has, in the past, housed up to 400 monks, many of which are now based in gompas in surrounding villages. Lamayuru is host to two annual masked dance festivals, in the second and fifth months of the Tibetan lunar calendar, when all the monks from these surrounding gompas gather together to pray. Yes, you must visit it!! :))
Monastary.. wowo what a beautiful pic, I have to dig into my pictures We had gone to Assam for trekking and we went to a Monastry called RUMTEK it was so beautiful ..
What an awesome shot Shilpa makes me reach out to it right away. one day i want to be there and spend some time . Kargil is so beautiful and so are many such exotic places in India
WOW, thanks for all that info…I know, I need to visit so many places now…WWs are certainly inspiring me to travel. 🙂
BTW, I also felt that this pic is sort of a miniature city – in the way you’ve clicked it…looks like some display in a museum – so beautiful and neatly done. 🙂
Wonderful Image… Loved it..
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WOW !!! Brilliant capture in lens…but where is this place ??? I need to know, to visit it sometime…you see… 😉
Wow! brilliant shot 🙂
Is that Leh ?
Wow….Where is this place?
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Woah.. Awesome.. Such a beautiful place this is di.. Lemme also know where it is.. 🙂
Picture perfect! Awesome capture… yet again 🙂
@ Someone is Special : Thks 🙂
@ UmaS: Thks Uma. This is Lamayuru Monastery in Kargil district. It’s at a height of 3510 mts!
Lamayuru is one of the largest and oldest gompas in Ladakh, with a population of around 150 permanent monks resident.
It has, in the past, housed up to 400 monks, many of which are now based in gompas in surrounding villages.
Lamayuru is host to two annual masked dance festivals, in the second and fifth months of the Tibetan lunar calendar, when all the monks from these surrounding gompas gather together to pray.
Yes, you must visit it!! :))
@ CB : Thank you CB. Yes it’s enroute Leh!
@ Jidhu Jose : Near Kargil in J&K.
@ Bedlam : It is!! :))
@ Roshmi : Thank you Roshmi! 🙂
Good long shot, and has the ancient look like the monastery itself
Monastary.. wowo what a beautiful pic, I have to dig into my pictures We had gone to Assam for trekking and we went to a Monastry called RUMTEK it was so beautiful ..
Loved the pic
Yet another wonderful capture!
What an awesome shot Shilpa makes me reach out to it right away. one day i want to be there and spend some time .
Kargil is so beautiful and so are many such exotic places in India
WOW, thanks for all that info…I know, I need to visit so many places now…WWs are certainly inspiring me to travel. 🙂
BTW, I also felt that this pic is sort of a miniature city – in the way you’ve clicked it…looks like some display in a museum – so beautiful and neatly done. 🙂
This looks awesome…great place indeed !
Beautiful place and a brilliant capture !
Beautiful Picture, always wanted to visit this place, don’t know when I would be able to.
loved it Shilpa 🙂
Someday I must make a visit there 🙂
this is awesome 🙂
beautiful…
You took the picture? It’s very nice By the way, what place it is?
it is WOW..kargil – i wanna go there…..
I guessed it must be somewhere near Ladakh. And saw that you have answered in comments. Beautiful!!
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If I hadnt read a comment now,I wouldnt have known that it is Kargil.
Incidentally, how did you reach Kargil?Just curious.
@ Bk Chowla : We reached Kargil by road from Srinagar. This was our trip to Ladakh. 🙂
great shot!