Shanti stupa perched high above the town of Leh the Shanti stupa commands spectacular views across the surrounding valley and the mountains of the western Himalayas. The Stupa is the most prominent B...

View from Shanti Stupa This Buddhist shrine was built by a Japanese order and opened by the Dalai Lama in 1985. Reached by a steep rock hewn staircase it comands spectacular views of the town of Leh...

Buddhist art 16th century monastery of Thikse is home to the Gelukpa order of Tibetan buddhism and boasts many excellently preserved religious muralsReligion

Maitreya Buddha the centrepiece of the monasterys newest temple is a serene Maitreya future Buddha. The temples monks are of the Gelukpa order of Tibetan BuddhismReligious icons

Mud brick manufacture mud bricks are the traditional material used for building in Ladakh. When regional government switched to concerete for a time there was a backlash from environmentalists resul...

Children celebrating Dussehra festival the ten day Dussehra festival is held at the end of the monsoon and celebrates the victory of the God Ram over the Demon King Ravana. For the final two days the...

Durga procession the tenth day of the Dussehra festival which is celebrated across most of northern India is marked by processions of the Hindu Goddess Durga with effigies of the deity held aloft o...

Dussehra festival/effigy of Ravana the ten day Dussehra festival is one of the biggest annual events in northern India. Celebrating the victory of the God Ram over the demon king Ravana huge effigies...

Dussehra festival effigy of Ravana set aflame. Dussehra is one of the biggest festivals held in northern India. Held annually over ten days at the end of the monsoon it celebrates the victory of the G...

Mosque of Asaf ud Daula One of Lucknows great Nawab rulers Asaf ud Daula was responsible for transforming the city into the cultural centre of northern India during the latter part of the 18th centur...

Bhutia Busty Gompa and Mount Kanchenjunga beyond the Buddhist monastery which houses the original copy of the Tibetan book of the dead looks out over the Himalayan foothills and on to the peaks of t...

Tea picking from its eighty or so tea estates Darjeeling produces about twenty five percent of Indias total tea crop. Harvesting runs for most of the year from April to November a process done enti...