Ancient scriptures stored in the library at Thikse or Thiksey Gompa, near the Ladakhi capital of Leh

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Ancient scriptures stored in the library at Thikse or Thiksey Gompa, one of Ladakh's finest gompas or Buddhist monasteries, 17 km south of Leh

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Location: Thiksey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir State, India
Photo credit: © Philip Game / Alamy / Afripics
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