Renowned as the oldest Buddhist learning centre in Ladakh, Alchi Monastery is located 70 km from Leh in Jammu and Kashmir in north India on the bank of Indus River. A national heritage site, it is ...

Worry over the exquisite art—including an image of the protector goddess Tara—has fueled photographer Aditya Arya's efforts. © Aditya Arya The wood-framed door ...

Alchi reveals itself to the visitor hesitantly. As you leave the highway from Leh, take the sharp left to go on the bridge over a speeding Indus and climb up the curvaceous road, the village remains ...

Ladakh is not just about stunning landscapes; its monasteries hold centuries of history, art, and deep spiritual energy. From ancient murals to grand festivals, these places are where culture and ...

Mystic Andrew Harvey once spent five solitary days in the Himalayan village of Alchi, after which he declared in his book, A Journey in Ladakh, “The things that ignore us save us in the end.” Perhaps ...

These extraordinary figures have graced this small monastery in Alchi, a hamlet high in the Indian Himalayas along the border with Tibet, for about 900 years. They are among the best-preserved ...

Alchi Monastery, founded by the famous scholar Rinchen Zangpo in the 10th century, is more of a monastic complex. It is unique as the monastery is built on a flat ground, unlike other monasteries of L ...