Leh Trip and Ladakh are ‘other-common’ places with Buddhist cloisters roosted on taking off peaks, broken looking scenes sprinkled with little however splendid patches of green and antiquated castles sticking to sheer shake dividers.
LEH TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
- Leh Palace – a traditional 17th century Tibetian style palace built by King Sengge Namgyal
- Stok Palace – museum housing the heirlooms and relics of the of Namgyal family, Sankar Gompa – to view the image of Avalokitesvara
- Thiksey Monastery – replica of Potala Palace in Lhasa.
- Leh Bazaar – market place, mosque and newly built Buddhist Temple
- Shey Monastery – houses a 24 metre high image of Buddha cast from copper and covered with gold leaf
- Hemis Monastery – gold statues, stupas, thangkas and wall paintings depicting Gautam’s renunciation of the worldly life
Day 1 Delhi – Leh
Early morning transfer to the airport for your fight to Leh; upon arrival, met by Indian Safaris representative and transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day at leisure.
Overnight: Leh & Ladakh
Day 2 Leh & Ladakh
Leh is the capital of Ladakh – an immense good country desert lying between the Karakoram and the Himalayan reaches. Ladakh is portrayed by a barren moonlike scene and frigid pinnacles. Leh is occupied dominatingly by the Buddhists and likewise is the focal point of Buddhist culture. Enjoy an early daytime touring visit through the town, overwhelmed by Sengge Namgyal’s nine-story castle, a structure in the stupendous custom of Tibetan design. Above it, on Namgyal Semo the pinnacle sitting above the town, are the remnants of the soonest regal home at Leh a fortress worked by lord Tashi Namgyal in the sixteenth century. In the bazaar the principle destinations to visit are the jo khang a cutting edge ecumenical Buddhist sanctuary, and an overwhelming mosque dating from the late seventeenth century arranged inverse one another. Rest of the day is at relaxation.
Overnight: Leh & Ladakh
Day 3 Monasteries
Enjoy an entire day journey to Shey, Thiksey and Hemis monasteries. Shey cloister located on a ridge is about 15km from Leh, was the late spring castle of the imperial group of Leh. The religious community houses a two story high-situated picture of Buddha cast from copper and covered with gold leaf. Thiksey monastery is located on a peak and the perspectives on the green Indus valley from its housetop are awe inspiring.
This cloister has various chambers brimming with sculptures and stupas. Patio wall paintings are brilliant and this overwhelming structure is in numerous regards a reproduction of Potala Palace in Lhasa. Hemis Gompa is the greatest and most affluent monastery in Ladakh contains an enormous number of gold sculptures, stupas and thangkas, one of which is presumed to be the biggest in presence and is displayed once every twelve years.
Overnight: Leh & Ladakh
Day 4 Leh-Delhi
You will be transferred to the airport in time for your fight for Delhi to connect your onward journey.
End of Leh Trip.
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