Stakeholders meeting on redevelopment of Old Bazar, Silk Route held in Kargil

Kargil, October 25, 2024: On the directions of Secretary Tourism Ladakh, Vikram Singh Malik and Deputy Commissioner/CEO, LAHDC, Kargil, Shrikant Balasaheb Suse, Additional Deputy Commissioner Kargil, Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Wani today chaired a stakeholders meeting on the re-development of Old Bazar and Silk Route Kargil today at TFC Kargil.

The project is aimed to develop the centuries-old heritage site as a prominent tourist heritage site. CEO, KDA, AO, KDA, XEN, KDA, president of the Ready ...

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LAHDC Leh discuss Project Proposal for Heritage Documentation and Mapping Initiative

Leh, Aug 20: The Hon’ble Chairman/CEC LAHDC, Leh, Adv. Tashi Gyalson chaired a meeting today in the Conference Hall of the Council Secretariat to discuss the Project Proposal for the LAHDC Heritage Documentation and Mapping Initiative.

Executive Councillor for Art and Culture Stanzin Chosphel; Additional Deputy Commissioner Leh Sh. Ghulam Mohd (JKAS); Chief Planning Officer, Leh Tsewang Gyalson; Private Secretary to Chairman Jigmet Raftan; Deputy Secretary Culture Tsewang Paljor and Distr...

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200-Year-Old Gyab-Thago Mud Heritage Home, Ladakh Revisited

“So much of our future lies in preserving the past.” – Peter Westbrook.

It is assumed that concrete buildings have a life of 100 years, but strangely mud and timber houses can last for more than 200 years. It has been proved right by the Gyab-Thago Heritage Home, Ladakh, which has lived for more than 200 years. This mud-and-timber house is in Stok village, about 17 km southeast of Leh town in Ladakh, India. The Stok village is situated in the Indus Valley and has an altitude of 3497 m (11...

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World Heritage Week celebration concludes in Leh district

Leh, Nov 25: The week-long celebration of World Heritage Week organised by the Archaeological Survey of India, Mini Circle Leh in collaboration with the Archives, Archaeology and Museums Department, Leh concluded at the iconic Leh Palace today in presence of chief guest Prof S K Mehta, Vice Chancellor, University of Ladakh.

Chief guest Prof. S K Mehta lauded the efforts of the organisers and added that the climatic conditions prevalent in Ladakh contribute to making its heritage unique an...

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LG visits Open Air Rock Art Museum at Taru Thang

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 wit...

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Listing of historical, heritage sites: training program held for BDOs

KARGIL, JANUARY 15, 2022: Department of Tourism and Culture UT Ladakh in collaboration with Rural Development Department (RDD) Ladakh and NIC Ladakh today conducted one-day training program for Block Development Officers (BDOs), Panchayat Secretaries for the listing of heritage sites on ‘The Ladakh Heritage App’.

Director, RDD UT Ladakh, Tahir Hussain Zubdavi, Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD), Kargil, Ghulam Muhammad besides concerned BDOs, Panchayat Secretaries and concerned offi...

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