The Inside Scoop On The Culture Of Leh And Ladakh-Diversities Of The Vibrant City

Leh is the town in leh district, situated in Jammu and Kashmir and it is the largest town of Ladakh, which is the region of Jammu and Kashmir. Leh-Ladakh is the cold deserted place of India because the temperature is very low here. every year, most of the people who visit Ladakh are tourists. It is one of the best places to see in the northern region. The beauty of the Himalayas, the weather, culture, monasteries, adventure sports, lifestyles etc is very interesting. It is one of the most visited places from the past few years.

People & Lifestyle

Here, lifestyle is different from any other region be it about clothes, tradition, food etc. The faces and physique are different from the rest of the people. The people are hardworking, also work as a daily wages worker to earn for their families. There are some hoaxes about Ladakh being the dangerous place, it is very difficult to live there, people starve themselves and so on. In contrary of media and other hoaxes, Ladakh is safe.

In 2010, a calamity occurred which caused major destruction. But that also happens in rest of the part in India. Being situated in Himalayas place, it is referred to as dangerous, which is not true at all. Also, the food here is tasty, natural, and not adulterated. The conventional things are followed here in terms of dressing and household things. Also, myths which can’t be changed because the people have faith in their ancestors. If compared to past years, people have developed the safety majors to have control in any incident and people lives happily.

There are the Tibetan Migrants who mostly occupy the central and eastern region of Ladakh whereas the mixed origin occupies the western and in and around the Kargil region. There is one community called Arghons which are Muslims came into existence due to the marriages of local women and Kashmiri Merchants. 

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Oracles

People of Ladakh have immense blind belief in the spirited world, gods and mythology. No work is done here without considering the mythological beliefs and they usually go to the lamas of the monasteries who are believed to be the major interconnection between the humans and gods or the spirited world.

These lamas predict the dates and days for starting new good or important work so there comes no difficulty and problematic situations while doing or starting the work. These lamas are selected for there posts after a lot of difficult examination which test their powers and capabilities. The lamas are changed in three or four years accordingly. In some villages of Ladakh, there are normal people who are not oracles but have the considerable spiritual powers which make them capable of predicting a lot of things. We Don't Know if it is a myth or superstition but according to the people of Ladakh especially the Buddhist blindly believe the mythological and spiritual powers of the spirited world and consider it as their culture. 

Sports

There are two major traditional sports of Ladakh which are Archery and Polo, Archery is a very old sport that has been there for years around the villages of leh Ladakh there is also a popular archery festival which includes music dances and other bright things that can mesmerize everyone, this festival is held in summers.

Whereas, near the Kargil region this game takes more seriously and the festival or competitions are bereft of music and dances and the this is held in the early springs. People of Ladakh enjoy this exceptional sport more than anything. The other sport that is popularly played in Leh-Ladakh is polo. 

Religion

The main religion to be followed in Leh-Ladakh is Buddhism. Before the rise of Empires, each nomadic tribe followed its own religion cults of shamanism, animism and ancestor worship. It has been found that the religions followed in Ladakh prior to the rise of Empires was a collection of such practices until Buddhism was promoted by the Indian Empires and spread in Ladakh. Buddhism made a way to Ladakh through Kashmir and later to Tibet through Ladakh.

Also, some of the areas in Ladakh which were near to Kashmir was also influenced by Islam, that became the second religion that is followed which makes the culture of Leh-Ladakh so vibrant.

Ladakh has Buddhism as its main religion and more than 77% of the population of Ladakh is Buddhist. Other than that 14% people of the whole population follows Islam. Since there was a time when Hinduism was dominated in Kashmir there is also some remains of the religion in Ladakh. British influence too percolated a bit through Missionaries during British rule and a few Sikhs from in the Princely States of Punjab migrated to Ladakh because of which there was 0.2% of both Sikh and Christain religion following people in Ladakh.

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FAQ

Q: Which are the most beautiful monasteries in Leh Ladakh?

A: Hemis Monastery, Spituk Monastery, Diskit Monastery and Chemdrey Monastery.

Q. Why is Ladakh a Desert?

A. Desert lands with extremely low temperatures are called cold deserts like Antarctica, which is the largest cold desert in the world. Ladakh in India is a cold desert that lies in the Great Himalayas on the eastern side of Jammu and Kashmir. It is also known as Khapa-chan, which means snow land.