VoL Desk, February 28, 2022: Lieutenant Governor, Ladakh Radha Krishna Mathur visited the Open Air Rock Art Museum at Taru Thang, where Social Anthropologist and a Prehistoric Rock Art Conservationist, Viraf Mehta, briefed the LG Ladakh on various forms of rock art depictions across Ladakh.

Viraf Mehta requested steps for conservation of these more than 650 known rock art sites across the region which can be an insight into prehistoric Ladakh.

Viraf Mehta is a social anthropologist with over three decades of experience in Corporate Social Responsibility. His passion for the mountains has taken him all over the Himalayas. Since 2001, he has focused on Ladakh, where he is engaged with the conservation of its prehistoric rock art.

* Click to Follow Voice of Ladakh on WhatsApp *