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An afternoon snowstorm partialy obscures the holy mountain, as seen from Drira Puk Gompa. Fuji GW690, Fuji Pro 160NS

Jun 10

#242. Mount Kailash – Precious Jewel of Snow

By Philip Partridge | Travel Photography

Revered by over a billion people – adherents of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Bon – the holy mountain of Mount Kailash is not on the way to anywhere else. Instead, it lies at the centre of the mystical, spiritual and geographic universe. Tibetans refer to the mountain as Gang Rinpoche – the Precious Jewel of […]

Padum — the capital of Zanskar — in the central valley, viewed from Karsha Gompa.

Apr 21

#218. The Landscapes of Ladakh

By Philip Partridge | Travel Photography

In 1933 novelist James Hilton described Shangri-La as a mystical harmonious valley enclosed at the western end of the Kunlun Mountains (in northwest Tibet). The history of West Tibet was lost in the passage of the centuries and is the subject of serious archeological interest in the present age. Ladakh lies a few hundred kilometres […]