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Ladakh

Union Territory · Capital Leh · 274,289 people (2011)

འཇུ་ལེགས་Julley: hello, thank you and goodbye in Ladakhi

• Art and craft

  Pashmina weaving. Ladakh's pashmina shawls, woven from Changthangi goat underfur and dyed with natural plant and mineral colours, show delicate geometric twill patterns. Pashmina wool of Ladakh holds a GI tag (2023).

• Music and dance

  Buddhist chanting of Ladakh (UNESCO, 2012)

• Festival

  Hemis Tsechu; Losar

• Taste

  Thukpa; skyu; butter tea

• Official symbols

  Animal: Snow leopard · Bird: Black-necked crane · Flower: Himalayan blue poppy · Tree: Juniper (Juniperus semiglobosa)

Hanle in Ladakh, among the world's highest sites for optical, infrared and gamma-ray telescopes, became India's first dark-sky preserve in 2022.

Sources: Census of India 2011 · bo.wikipedia.org: ལ་དྭགས · omniglot.com: ladakhi · youngintach.org: maps craft ladakh · GI Registry, application 726 · ladakh.gov.in: forest ecology environment department · en.wikipedia.org: Indian Astronomical Observatory; traditions from the India map’s sources.