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A PowerPoint presentation on Pico Iyer's essay on Ladakh - Heaven's Gate
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Welcome to the slide show onLadakh
based on the essayHEAVENS GATE by PICO IYER
Pico Iyer the author
About Pico IyerPico Iyer is a British-born essayist and novelist, known worldwide as an insightful travel writer. He grew up as part of English, American, and Indian cultures, and therefore, becoming a travel writer was a natural progression. Most of his books have been about trying to see from within some society or way of life revolutionary Cuba, Sufism, Buddhist Kyoto but from the larger perspective an outsider can sometimes bring Some of his well-known books are Video Nights in Kathmandu, Falling off the Map, Tropical Classical, The Global Soul, The Open Road, Abandon, among other books. He is a regular essayist for Time, The New York Review of Books, Harpers, Financial Times, National Geographic, and TLS.
Ladakh
Signpost at Khardungla the worlds highest motorable road
Worlds highest motorable pass
Bikers on Khardungla pass
Leh Town - Overview
View over Leh
Ladakhs brown landscape
Ladakhs brown landscape
Ladakhs brown landscape
Nubra Valley
Drive through Nubra Valley
Snowfields in Ladakh
Snowfields in Ladakh
Snow peaks in Ladakh
Leh town with snow clad peaks in the background
Sand dunes in Nubra Valley
Prayer flags in Ladakh
Prayer flags with Leh Palace in the background
Himalayan Marmot
Himalayan Marmots
Himalayan Marmots
Kiangs wild asses
Two-humped Bactrian Camel
Yak
Diskit Gompa
Diskit Gompa
Andrew Harvey & his book
Leh Main Street
Ladies selling vegetables along Leh Main Bazaar Street
Ladies selling vegetables along Leh Main Bazaar Street
Jama Masjid, Leh J
Silk Road Map 1
Silk Road Map 2
Silk Road Products
White painted mud houses
Chortens white stupas
Stupas
Apricot Tree
Apricots
Willow trees line the roads in and out of Leh
Barley crop in Ladakh
Padum Karha Gompa
Likir Gompa
Lamas at Likir Gompa
Mahakala Thangka in Likir Gompa
Murals on the wall Likir Gompa
Murals on the wall Likir Gompa
Thiksey Gompa
Lamayuru Gompa
Hemis Gompa
Leh Palace
Leh Palace with Namgyal Tsemo Gompa and Tsemo Castle in the background
Stok Palace
Choegyal Jigmed dBangchuk rNamrgyal Last King of Ladakh
Masked Lamas Dancing at the Hemis Tse-Chu Festival
Masked Lamas Dancing at the Hemis Tse-Chu Festival
Masked Lamas Dancing at the Hemis Tse-Chu Festival
Helena Norberg-Hodge & her various initiatives in Ladakh
Desert Rain Coffee House, Leh
Traditional Archery Contest in Ladakh
Traditional Archery Contest in Ladakh
Musicians playing under the tree during the archery contest
Giant Prayer Wheel Leh
Giant Prayer Wheel Leh
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Thank you for taking this trip to Ladakh with meI hope you enjoyed watching the visuals as much as I enjoyed putting them together for you
Conceived and Presented by
Dr S Jayasrinivasa RaoProfessor
Department of Humanities and Sciences Auroras Scientific and Technological Institute
Aushapur, Ghatkesar, R R Dist, A. P.