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Buddha Statues in Ladakh - Lamayuru & Attetse Monasteries

Buddha Buddha Statues Himalaya Ladakh Travel Diary Trekking in Ladakh

Buddha Statues in Ladakh - Lamayuru & Attetse Monasteries

Driving west from Leh to the start of our trek at Kanji we visit the large monastery of Lamayuru and the much smaller monastery at Atteste village.

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Jain Statues at Gwalior Fort, central India

Buddha Statues Travel Diary

Jain Statues at Gwalior Fort, central India

We take the the train from Delhi to Gwalior in central India to see the magnificent 14th century Jain statues carved into the rock face below Gwalior fort.

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Salt Lakes of Ladakh

Buddha Buddha Statues Korzok Ladakh Tso Moriri

Salt Lakes of Ladakh

A high altitude drive to the beautiful lakes of Tso Kar and Tso Moriri, the commemoration of a Rinpoche and the sighting of black neck cranes.

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LITTLE TIBET: Photographs from Ladakh and Zanskar

Buddha Statues Himalaya Ladakh Leh Silk Road Travel Diary Trekking in Ladakh Zanskar

LITTLE TIBET:  Photographs from Ladakh and Zanskar

The remoteness of Ladakh - the Land of High Passes - has isolated it from the rest of India and preserved its traditional Buddhist culture of ancient monasteries, friendly people, remote villages and dramatic landscapes.

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Buddhist Ruins in Rajasthan

Buddha Statues Rajasthan Stepwell Travel Diary

Buddhist Ruins in Rajasthan

In March 2018 I resumed my search for the subterranean architectures of western India known as stepwells. This took me near a village called Viratnagar, close to the location of an old Buddhist site called Bhairat.

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