Caption

Basgo Gompa, the Buddhist monastery and fortress in Central Ladakh, with the village below it and rugged mountain landscape around. Photographed on a sunny day in September, the late summer. Many inhabitants of this Indian region, which is often called Little Tibet, follow the Tibetan Buddhism. Leh District, Union Territory of Ladakh, India, Asia

Date

Sep 19, 2013

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Radek Kucharski

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BRK24A50_168

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34,8Mb (1,6Mb) / 14,2in x 9,5in / 4272 x 2848 (300dpi)

Keywords

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