Kharnak nomads

• They are one of the four major Changpa tribes that collectively produce over 80% of India’s pashmina wool.
• Zara: the summer abode of the Kharnak nomads.
• These devout Buddhists scale dizzying heights of the arid Changthang Plateau in Eastern Ladakh, with their families of pashmina goats, sheep and yaks, which they believe are sacred beings bestowed upon them by the gods.