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Ladakh is the home to endemic Himalayan wildlife, such as the bharal, yak, Himalayan brown bear, Himalayan wolf and the iconic snow leopard. Hemis National Park , Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary , and Karakorum Wildlife Sanctuary are protected wildlife areas of Ladakh.
All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. India has its own national symbols. [2] Apart from the national symbols, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including animals listed below.
Changpa nomad with a kid Herd in Ladakh. The Changthangi or Changpa is a breed of cashmere goat native to the high plateaus of Ladakh in northern India. It is closely associated with the nomadic Changpa people of the Changthang plateau. It may also be known as the Ladakh Pashmina or Kashmiri.
The Changthangi domestic goat of Ladakh and Tibet may derive from the markhor. [25] The Girgentana goat of Sicily is thought to have been bred from markhor, [ 26 ] as is the Bilberry goat of Ireland . [ 27 ]
bakarwal dog. The origin of the Bakharwal Dog lies in Ladakh, northern India, and found in the states of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. [4]The Bakharwal Dog may be descended from crossbreeding the Tibetan Mastiff with the Indian pariah dog, though other scholars state that the Bakharwal Dog is the "oldest Indian Dog which since centuries has been surviving with the Kashmiri nomads."
History of Ladakh from early times to 1947 in Bhoti language. 1st edition-1984, 2nd edition-2006. History of Ladakh by Tashi Rabgias 1990. Ancient Futures translated from English to Bhoti language. Collection of 127 Ladakhi Folk Songs published in 1970 by Cultural Academy J&K state.
Each state and union territory has a unique set of official symbols, usually a state emblem, an animal, a bird, a flower and a tree. A second animal (fish, butterfly, reptile, aquatic animal or heritage animal) sometimes appears, as do fruits and other plants, and there are some state songs and state mottos.
2013 [5] Bihar: Mere Bharat Ke Kanthahar [6] The Garland of My India. Hindi. Satya Narayan Hari Prasad Chaurasia and Shivkumar Sharma. 2012 Chhattisgarh: Arpa Pairi Ke Dhar [7] The Streams of Arpa and Pairi: Chhattisgarhi: Nardenra Dev Verma: 2019 Gujarat: Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat [8] Victory to Proud Gujarat! Gujarati: Narmadashankar Dave ...