Welcome to the slide show on

Ladakh

based on the essay

HEAVENS GATE by PICO IYER

Pico Iyer the author

About Pico Iyer

Pico Iyer is a British-born essayist and novelist, known worldwide as an insightful travel writer. He grew up as part of English, American, and Indian cultures, and therefore, becoming a travel writer was a natural progression. Most of his books have been about trying to see from within some society or way of life revolutionary Cuba, Sufism, Buddhist Kyoto but from the larger perspective an outsider can sometimes bring Some of his well-known books are Video Nights in Kathmandu, Falling off the Map, Tropical Classical, The Global Soul, The Open Road, Abandon, among other books. He is a regular essayist for Time, The New York Review of Books, Harpers, Financial Times, National Geographic, and TLS.

Ladakh

Signpost at Khardungla the worlds highest motorable road

Worlds highest motorable pass

Bikers on Khardungla pass

Leh Town - Overview

View over Leh

Ladakhs brown landscape

Ladakhs brown landscape

Ladakhs brown landscape

Nubra Valley

Drive through Nubra Valley

Snowfields in Ladakh

Snowfields in Ladakh

Snow peaks in Ladakh

Leh town with snow clad peaks in the background

Sand dunes in Nubra Valley

Prayer flags in Ladakh

Prayer flags with Leh Palace in the background

Himalayan Marmot

Himalayan Marmots

Himalayan Marmots

Kiangs wild asses

Two-humped Bactrian Camel

Yak

Diskit Gompa

Diskit Gompa

Andrew Harvey & his book

Leh Main Street

Ladies selling vegetables along Leh Main Bazaar Street

Ladies selling vegetables along Leh Main Bazaar Street

Jama Masjid, Leh J

Silk Road Map 1

Silk Road Map 2

Silk Road Products

White painted mud houses

Chortens white stupas

Stupas

Apricot Tree

Apricots

Willow trees line the roads in and out of Leh

Barley crop in Ladakh

Padum Karha Gompa

Likir Gompa

Lamas at Likir Gompa

Mahakala Thangka in Likir Gompa

Murals on the wall Likir Gompa

Murals on the wall Likir Gompa

Thiksey Gompa

Lamayuru Gompa

Hemis Gompa

Leh Palace

Leh Palace with Namgyal Tsemo Gompa and Tsemo Castle in the background

Stok Palace

Choegyal Jigmed dBangchuk rNamrgyal Last King of Ladakh

Masked Lamas Dancing at the Hemis Tse-Chu Festival

Masked Lamas Dancing at the Hemis Tse-Chu Festival

Masked Lamas Dancing at the Hemis Tse-Chu Festival

Helena Norberg-Hodge & her various initiatives in Ladakh

Desert Rain Coffee House, Leh

Traditional Archery Contest in Ladakh

Traditional Archery Contest in Ladakh

Musicians playing under the tree during the archery contest

Giant Prayer Wheel Leh

Giant Prayer Wheel Leh

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Thank you for taking this trip to Ladakh with meI hope you enjoyed watching the visuals as much as I enjoyed putting them together for you

Conceived and Presented by

Dr S Jayasrinivasa Rao
Professor

Department of Humanities and Sciences Auroras Scientific and Technological Institute

Aushapur, Ghatkesar, R R Dist, A. P.