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Glimpses of Ladakh

GLIMPSES OF LADAKH
 A Himalayan Buddhist Kingdom

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His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa and King Thrinley Namgyal of Ladakh

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His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa visiting the village of Skara

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His Holiness and the young King Nyima Norbu of Ladakh

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Kortsa, where His Holiness has set up a retreat center for his nuns

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A mask dance at Hemis Monastery

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Monks at Hemis Monastery in a ritual

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The main street in Leh

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A Ladakh woman in traditional headdress

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A young Ladakhi woman

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An elderly woman in Zanskar

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