«If you don’t know India, you don’t know Ladakh, and if you know Ladakh, you don’t know India», the Swiss newspaper NZZ once wrote. Because this region used to be difficult to reach, a unique culture has developped here. A culture, which is still kept alive by the local communities. After the destruction of almost all monasteries and the oppression of spiritual life in Tibet, Ladakh now is the only country besides Bhutan, in which Tibetan Buddhism is still practised.