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Leh

Chief town of Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India, situated east of the River Indus, 240 km/150 mi east of Srinagar; population (2001) 27,500. It developed as a trading post and market, but tourism is now important. Leh is the nearest supply base to the Indian army outpost on the Siachen Glacier.
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Many times when I returned from my Search to this Temple, which has always been a nest to me, there came one seeking Enlightenment - a man from Leh - that had been, he said, a Hindu, but wearied of all those Gods.
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