Panorama of Ladakh, India with backdrop of the Himalayan Mountains and a Stupa.

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This is a captivating image of the Himalayan Mountains with its soft pastel colors and rugged topography and a Stupa, Buddhist shrine erected on the peak of a hill. Ladakh, in the north of India bordering with Pakistan and China in the Kashmir region extending from the Himalayan to Kunlun ranges is a sharp contrast to the rest of India. Ladakh, with its high plains & deep valleys is a high-altitude desert with cold/dry climate, the highest plateau and the most sparsely populated region in India with a strong Tibetan culture and history.

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Size: 2848px × 4288px
Location: Ladakh, Northern India
Photo credit: © Patricia Marinelli / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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