Caption

Phugtal Gompa, one of the most spectacularly located Buddhist monasteries of Ladakh, which clings to a mountain cliff, high above the valley floor. It belongs to the Gelug school of the Tibetan Buddhism. Photographed on a sunny, blue-sky day in September, the late summer. Zanskar Range of the Himalayas. Kargil District, Union Territory of Ladakh, India, Asia

Date

Sep 18, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Radek Kucharski

Reference

BRK24A57_265

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NA

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Rights managed

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

Keywords

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