The scenic views anywhere you travel within Ladakh immediately catch your attention. You mention Ladakh, and what comes to mind is snow-tipped mountains, captivating landscapes and monasteries. But what took Timesofindia.com to this beautiful part of India was something else, and that's ice hockey.
The footsteps of ice hockey in Ladakh can be tracked to as far back as 1970s, with the sport initially restricted largely to the army officers deployed in the region. But once players from strong ice hockey nations started coming to Ladakh for high-altitude training, the locals also started taking the sport more seriously.