Located along the Northern border of India, a little below the famed Siachen glacier, is the Nubra Valley. A tributary of Indus – Shyok river and the Nubra river (Siachen river) slices through this vale creating three arms between the Ladakh and Karakorum range of mountains. This valley is quite unlike the valleys that one has heard of – green in some parts but a cold desert in many others and a little rocky in some, Nubra Valley in Ladakh surprised me with its textures and colors.
The name Nubra in Ladakhi means Western. The valley was originally called Ldumra which in Tibetan means “Valley of Flowers” – on account of the blossoms that still spring between June to August. The strange contrast of landforms has some interesting facts attached to them.
