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  2. Leh Palace - Wikipedia

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    Leh Palace, also known as Lachen Palkar Palace, [1] is a former royal palace overlooking the city of Leh in Ladakh, India. [2] It was constructed circa 1600 by Sengge Namgyal . [ 2 ] The palace was abandoned when Dogra forces took control of Ladakh in the mid-19th century and forced the royal family to move to Stok Palace .

  3. Leh - Wikipedia

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    The royal palace, known as Leh Palace, was built by King Sengge Namgyal (1612–1642), [16] presumably between the period when the Portuguese Jesuit priest Francisco de Azevedo visited Leh in 1631, and made no mention of it, and Sengge Namgyal's death in 1642.

  4. Tourism in Ladakh - Wikipedia

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    Ladakh landscape Leh Palace, Leh, Ladakh. Tourism is one of the economic contributors to the union territory of Ladakh in Northern India.This union territory is located between the Karakoram mountain range to the north and the Himalayas to the south, and is situated at a height of 11,400 ft. Ladakh is composed of Leh and Kargil districts.

  5. Ladakh - Wikipedia

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    The empire of kings Tsewang Namgyal and Jamyang Namgyal, about 1560–1600 CE Cham dance during Dosmoche festival in Leh Palace. Islam begins to take root in the Leh area in the beginning of the 17th century after the Balti invasion and the marriage of Gyal to Jamyang.

  6. Sengge Namgyal - Wikipedia

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    The Leh Palace, built by Sengge Namgyal. Sengge Namgyal (Ladakhi: སེང་གེ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ, Wylie: seng-ge rnam-rgyal, c. 1570–1642) was a 17th-century king of the Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh, from 1616 to his death in 1642.

  7. Category:Palaces in Ladakh - Wikipedia

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    Leh Palace; S. Shey Monastery This page was last edited on 31 October 2019, at 19:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...

  8. Tsemo Castle - Wikipedia

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    Tsemo Castle (also known as Namgyal Tsemo or Leh Fort complex) is an important religious and historical point in Leh, Ladakh, India. It is located at a walking distance from the Leh Palace. The defensive structure is maintained by Archaeological Survey of India. It is located at the highest point in Leh. [1] [2] [3]

  9. Shanti Stupa, Ladakh - Wikipedia

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    A distant view of Shanti Stupa in Leh. Situated at a height of 3,609 metres (11,841 ft), [4] the Stupa is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Leh - the former capital of Ladakh - on a steep hill facing the Leh Palace. [3] The Stupa can be reached by a drivable road or on foot using a series of 555 steep steps to the hilltop.