{"id":314,"date":"2012-09-09T15:18:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T15:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.classictajtours.com\/blog\/?p=314"},"modified":"2025-06-16T23:02:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T23:02:26","slug":"places-to-visit-in-leh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classictajtours.com\/blog\/places-to-visit-in-leh\/","title":{"rendered":"Places to visit in Leh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Nubra valley<\/strong> is located to the north from the capital city Leh of Ladadh, India, at the hight of around 10,000 feet from the sea level Local bookman say that it was known to Ldumra in ancient age means the valley of flowers. Bactarian camel is the major fascination in this area, \u201cdisheveled binary bump camel\u201d all round the sand dunes. The Shyok river meets the Nubra or Siachan River to shape a huge valley that differentiates the Ladakh and the Ranges of Karakoram. The normal means to reach this valley to travel over the Khardung La from Leh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thiksey Monastery<\/strong> is located 19 km from Leh, the capital town of Ladakh at the height of 3,600 meters from the sea level in the Indus valley. It consists of 12-storey compound and houses and contains several substances like statues, stupas, tahnqkas, swords and wall paintings. One of the major points of attention is the Maitreva Temple that is established to memorialize the visit of the 14<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Dalai Lama to this monastery in 1970. Wrapping two stories of the edifice is consecrated in the monastery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alchi Monastery<\/strong> falls under Alchi village and even if the paintings are fastidious indeed but only 3 to 4 rooms in that Monastery. People mostly come here to visit this place to acclimate with the weather of Leh in comparison to visiting Monastery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chemrey Monastery <\/strong>or<strong> Chemrey Gompa<\/strong> is a Buddhist monastery that located about 40 km away to the east of Leh from the Ladakh that relates to the Drugpa austere order and was established by the Lama Tagsang Raschen devoted to King Sengge Namgyal. The monastery has a priceless compilation of scriptures that are titled in silver, and gold letters and contain also remarkable high Padmasambhava statue. It is also spot for the carnival of sanctified dances that brings about on the 28<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;and 29<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;month of the 9<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;month of the Tibetan calendar each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Magnatic Hill<\/strong> is a gravity hill, the hill is supposed to be charismatic properties so strong to draw cars uphill and energy fleeting aircraft to enlarge their height above sea level to with a view to breaking away from magnetic obstruction. The Magnetoc Hill is positioned approximately 50 km from Leh at the Leh-Kargil Srinagar national highway, at an altitude of 11,000 feet from the sea line. Indus valley flows through its south side that originates in Tibet and goes to Pakistan. 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