Caption

Impressively located Shergol Gompa, the Buddhist monastery partially set in the mountain cave closed by this awe-inspiring facade. The hill here is built of quite loosely-cemented conglomerate, which is prone to carving. Many inhabitants of Ladakh follow the Tibetan Buddhism, and this Indian region is often called Little Tibet. Shergol, the village located near the Srinagar-Leh road, Zanskar Range of the Himalayas, Kargil District, Union Territory of Ladakh, India, Asia

Date

Sep 18, 2013

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Radek Kucharski

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BRK24A53_469

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