POV498056: View from world's highest motorable road to Indus valley & snowcapped Stok-Kangri Massif (Zanskar Range) Khardung la road, nr. Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498058: Sign at top of world's highest motorable road at Khardung la pass (5,606m) snowcapped peaks of Karakoram (Saser Muztagh) in bckgnd. north of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498060: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana), Himalayan landscape: Prayer flags and square chorten (aka. stupa) at top of Khardung la pass (5,606m), snowcapped peaks north of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498062: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): 'Forest' of prayer flags and square & round chortens (aka. stupas) at top of Khardung la pass (5,606m) in front of majestic snowy mountainside north of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498072: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Ornate low table with ceremonial objects (conch shell trumpets = dung dkar, barley, milk) in preparation 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

POV498075: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Two monks playing double-reed shawms (gyaling) descending steps at fire ritual/ceremony/puja “chinsek” Thiksey Gompa (Gelugpa order monastery), Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498083: Aerial view of snowcapped cloudy peaks & glaciers in northwestern Himalayas above India controlled Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498093: Profuse stone carvings on Quwwatul-Islam Masjid (earliest extant mosque in India) Qutb Minar complex, Unesco World Heritage Site Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498094: The mysterious iron pillar (4th century Sanskrit inscriptions, Gupta period) standing within and in front of the arch of 12th century Quwwatul-Islam Masjid (earliest extant mosque in India) Qutb Minar complex, Unesco World Heritage Site Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498101: Shish Gumbad (foregnd.) & Bara Gumbad (15/16th cent. Islamic tombs built during Lodi period) in sunset light Lodi Gardens, Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498108: Busy traffic of cycle rickshaws & pedestrians choking narrow city street, Chawri Bazar, Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498120: Sikhism: Gurdwara Bangla Sahib (most prominent Sikh temple in Delhi) and holy pond (known as Sarovar, containing "Amrit") at night Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498121: Sikhism: Gurdwara Bangla Sahib (most prominent Sikh temple in Delhi) and holy pond (known as Sarovar, containing "Amrit") at night Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV499176: Elaborately decorated ceiling in Buddhist temple in the Pha That Luang complex, depiction of scenes from the Buddha's life Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV497842: Children on school adventure playground climbing tower Druk White Lotus School (Padma/Pema Karpo Educational Institute), Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497844: Children on school adventure playground climbing tower Druk White Lotus School (Padma/Pema Karpo Educational Institute), Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497851: Computer science class, schoolboys working on computers in I.T. lab in Buddhist school Druk White Lotus School (Padma/Pema Karpo Educational Institute), Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497858: Schoolboys in open window of energy efficient Trombe wall (passive solar heating & natural ventilation) school building fronted by flower beds Druk White Lotus School (Padma/Pema Karpo Educational Institute, World architecture award: Best green building 2002), Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497859: Tibetan Buddhist monk teaching Ladakhi language (Bothi) to junior pupils in schoolclass Druk White Lotus School (Padma/Pema Karpo Educational Institute), Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497860: Ladakhi schoolboys taking pictures in extracurricular digital 'photo literacy' workshop Druk White Lotus School (Padma/Pema Karpo Educational Institute), Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497862: Ladakhi schoolgirls taking pictures in extracurricular digital 'photo literacy' workshop Druk White Lotus School (Padma/Pema Karpo Educational Institute), Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497863: Crowd in circle watching street entertainment at Ladakh Festival Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497865: Small ferris wheel in front of ancient chortens (stupas) at funfair in Himalayan town, Ladakh Festival Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497867: Local men trying their luck at funfair prize stall in Himalayan town, Ladakh Festival Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497871: Kargil town lit up at night, near 'Line of control', India-Pakistan border, Kargil District, Western Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497880: Rickety river bridge in remote Himalayan valley between Sanku & Bartu, Phulangpa Valley, Suru Valley, Kargil District, Western Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497888: Children gathered around solar street lighting in remote Himalayan Balti village Bartu, Phulangpa Valley, Suru Valley, Kargil District, Western Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497894: General view of remote Himalayan Balti village, drying livestock winter fodder on roofs Bartu, Phulangpa Valley, Suru Valley, Kargil District, Western Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497904: Balti village woman wearing blue headscarf in remote Himalayan village Bartu, Phulangpa Valley, Suru Valley, Kargil District, Western Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497912: Harvest fields (barley & wheat) on terraced plateau in steep mountain landscape above Tangyar Buddhist monastery Tangyar, Nubra, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497913: Traditional Buddhist village in remote Himalayan valley looking towards snowcapped mountains (note solar panel on roof) Tangyar, Nubra, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497914: Traditional wolftrap on slope in remote Himalayan river valley nr. Tangyar, Nubra, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497922: Mixed herd of Pashmina (aka. Changthangi), other goats & sheep in predator-proof corral (implemented through SLC program, see: www.snowleopardconservancy.org/conservation2-1.htm) on summer pasture in high-altitude Himalayan valley Tangyar, Nubra, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497923: Mixed herd of Pashmina (aka. Changthangi), other goats & sheep in predator-proof corral (implemented through SLC program, see: www.snowleopardconservancy.org/conservation2-1.htm) on summer pasture in high-altitude Himalayan valley Tangyar, Nubra, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497924: Mixed herd of Pashmina (aka. Changthangi), other goats & sheep in predator-proof corral (implemented through SLC program, see: www.snowleopardconservancy.org/conservation2-1.htm) on summer pasture in high-altitude Himalayan valley Tangyar, Nubra, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497932: Himalayan landscape: Small green 'oasis' of farm and poplar/willow plantation on ledge in massive barren rock slope, high altitude cold desert between Khaltse and Lamayuru, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images