POV497934: Himalayan landscape: Lorry rounding bend on precipitous mountain road between Khaltse and Lamayuru, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497936: Himalayan landscape: Detail of barren mountain wilderness, high-altitude desert, rocks of the Lamayuru complex, moonscape Lamayuru, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497938: Sleet & rain over mountains of the Lamayuru complex and Zanskar range, high-altitude desert from Namika la pass, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497950: Traditional farming: Zanskari farmer driving team of six dzo (yak/cow hybrid) around threshing circle at harvest (mixed crop of wheat & peas) snow-covered mountains of Great Himalayan Range in bckgnd. of Padum Plain Padum, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497951: Portrait of young Zanskari boy Padum, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497960: Labourer on Himalayan roadbuilding crew melting asphalt/bitumen, snowcapped Haptal Massif (Great Himalayan Range) in bckgnd. Karsha, nr. Padum, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497974: Footbridge across turquoise Lungnak river (aka. Tsarap Lingti) flowing through narrow gorge, Reru (aka. Raru), Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497977: Snow Leopard Conservancy (SLC, India Trust) running empowering "Community-based ecotourism for conservation & development" training course/workshop using 'Appa' (Appreciative participatory planning & action) process for villagers in remote Zanskar village, here: Outdoor village meeting & discussion in field, (www.snowleopardconservancy.org) Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497984: Young boy in window of traditional Zanskari village house at sunrise, roof ladder, Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497988: Mobile domestic solar cooker on roof of traditional house in remote Himalayan village, young boy testing water temperature, Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497989: Buddhist puja (prayer) offering, daily morning purification ritual: Burning (like incense) roasted barley (tsampa) & yak butter in spoon to ensure health of crops, livestock & people in remote Himalayan village, Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497999: Himalayan landscape: Willow woodland (plantation) in mountain valley near remote village, snowcapped peaks in bckgnd. Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498005: Himalayan landscape: Footbridge across turquoise Lungnak river (aka. Tsarap Lingti) flowing through narrow gorge, steep path (left), road (right), snowcapped peaks in bckgnd. Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498113: Sufism: Dervish among devotees at dargah (=tomb) of Nizamuddin (aka. Nizam-ud-din, legendary 14th cent sufi saint/shaikh, Chishti order) Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498116: Sufism: Group of young male devotees wearing kufi caps at dargah (=tomb) of Nizamuddin (aka. Nizam-ud-din, legendary 14th cent sufi saint/shaikh, Chishti order) Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV499077: Haw Pha Bang Royal or Palace chapel: 7-headed Naga (Lao: Nak, mythical serpents) on stairway guarding temple, gilded Buddhist temple, tiered roof UNESCO World Heritage Site Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499081: View of Vientiane city and Patouxai gardens seen from Patouxai Monument ("Victory Gate", aka. Patuxai) Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499086: Toddler sleeping on bed platform underneath raised house in ethnic minority Hmong resettlement village, Ban Lak Gao, nr. Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499087: Old woman (ethnic minority Hmong) embroidering cloth in government resettlement village, Ban Lak Gao, nr. Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499088: Young Laotian girl (Ethnic minority Hmong) in village, Ban Lak Gao, nr. Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499090: Wood-fired boiler made from oildrum for traditional sauna, Wat Sok Pa Luang Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV498007: Close-up of grasshopper/locust in Himalayan landscape, snowcapped peaks in bckgnd. nr. Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498008: Group of Zanskari village women resting on field, barren mountainscape with chortens (stupas) in bckgnd. Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498014: Himalayan landscape: Barren rockface in mountain wilderness, high-altitude desert Suru Valley, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498019: Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana, Tantric B.): Traditional artist sketching scene from Drukpa lineage in temple (Naropa Potang) before painting Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498024: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Nezer chorten (stupa), prayer flags and piles of stones (cairns) in high altitude Himalayan 'sacred landscape' overlooking Indus valley and snowcapped Zanskar Range (Stok-Kangri Massif) Upper Leh Valley, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498027: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Pile of ram & ibex horns making a lhatho (or latho) acting as a sacred place protector, Nezer, Upper Leh Valley, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498033: Array of photo-voltaic solar panels on school roof (advanced solar energy system making school energy self-sufficient), peaks of Zanskar Range in bckgnd. Druk White Lotus School (Padma/Pema Karpo Educational Institute, World architecture award: Best green building 2002), Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498039: Sunset afterglow and silhouetted mountains (Zanskar Range) from upper Leh Valley, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498063: Himalayan landscape: View from Khardung la pass (5,606m, world's highest motorable road) into snowcapped Karakoram (Saser Muztagh), road winding along valley side Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498065: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): 'Forest' of prayer flags at top of Khardung la pass (5,606m) north of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498069: Himalayan landscape: View into layers of silhouetted hazy blue mountain ridges (Ladakh & Zanskar Ranges) at sunset looking south from nr. Khardung la pass, north of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498070: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Oblations and ceremonial objects being preparared for fire ritual/puja “chinsek” (here dedicated to Jigjed=Tara Chenmo) where offerings are passed into sacrifical fire to pacify the deities visualized in the fire Thiksey Gompa (Gelugpa order monastery), Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498081: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Remnants of fire ritual/ceremony/puja “chinsek” (here dedicated to Jigjed=Tara Chenmo) where offerings are passed into sacrifical fire to pacify the deities visualized in the fire, monk sweeping up in monastery courtyard Thiksey Gompa (Gelugpa order monastery), Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498088: Qutb Minar tower: most perfect ancient example of minar to exist anywhere, close-up of carvings and deeply inscribed verses from Koran, highest stone tower in India, 72.5m, Indo-Islamic architecture, within Qutb Minar complex=first monuments of Muslim India, Unesco World Heritage Site Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

MAE340567: Detail of capitals (photo) / Bridgeman Images