Ladakhi culture is inherited customs and tradition from their ancestral civilisation that have developed from generation to generation and centuries ago, the result is culture that lives and breathes and living culture. Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. Every regions of Ladakh has its own distinct cultural identity that is existence long time ago from ancient inhabitant to the Namgyal dynasty, today Ladakh is known for its rich culture heritage, simple living and mystic monasteries that formed the ladakh a land of last Shangri-la.
The monasteries are well preserved and operating today as a centre of the Buddhist faith, as they have done over the centuries back. The monks are trained at the monasteries from an early age, are a very important aspect of Ladakhi life. The Ladakhi people have survived in this stark, high altitude environment by relying on their faith, and highly adapted skills to sustain themselves and the spiritualism and enlightenment of Buddhism was fully flourished on this part of Ladakh Himalaya, the yellow cap and red cap order was taught by the Tibetan pilgrims many centuries back and it became the major philosophy and teaching in Ladakh.