Ladakh "land of high passes" is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that extends from the Kuen Lun mountain range in the north to the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent(" According to Hinduism Yaksha people born from 5th wife of Kashyapa Rishi). It is one of the most sparsely populated regions in Jammu and Kashmir and its culture and history are closely related to that ofTibet.