Ladakh Ink

31/01/2018

Don’t miss the moon tonight

The super blue blood moon 2018 is a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon and it is just round the corner. Here are some of the best places in India to witness this spectacle.

13/12/2017

Colonel Chewang Rinchen, a two-time recipient of the Mahavir Chakra, embodied the spirit of India that lives within every Ladakhi.

09/12/2017

STATE TIMES NEWS LEH: The next international conference of the International Association for Ladakh Studies (IALS) scheduled on 2019 will be held at the Centre Institute for Buddhists Studies (CIBS) i

03/12/2017

As history crumbles in the face of modernization, art lovers from across the world try to preserve Ladakh’s cultural heritage.

30/11/2017

The snowy mountains of Ladakh may soon see women entrepreneurs scoring big time, if Sonam Wangchuk manages to get another of his ideas

30/11/2017

Although Puga Valley in Ladakh has shown potential to produce geothermal energy, a project to harness the power has been endlessly delayed due to political and financial constraints Geothermal e…

29/11/2017

Get Leh'd for once!

26/11/2017

Ladakh, a stunning Himalayan region in India, is home to 28 Buddhist nunneries - this is one of them.

26/11/2017

Ladakh opened itself to the world in 1974 when the Government of India first allowed foreign tourists into this high-altitude region of the Himalayas flanked on either side by China and Pakistan. Since then, however,

21/11/2017

By SonamWangchuk Shakspo. Prince, Buddhist monk, social activist, statesman and diplomat, words fail to capture the greatness of this incredible Buddhist monk from India. Born in Ladakh as a prince in the year of Horse on the auspicious Vaisakh Purnima day on 19 May 1917, the 19th Bakula Rinpoche, L...

18/11/2017

Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, the 19th incarnation of Arhat Bakula, considered one of the 16 direct disciples of Lord Buddha, was a prominent Buddhist monk, statesman and international diplomat. The former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called

11/11/2017

STATE TIMES NEWS LEH: Rich tributes were paid to former Minister late Sonam Wangyal on his 19th death anniversary here at Wangyal Memorial Chorten (Stupa). Wangyal's close associates, well-wishers, re