<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> (edit on Wikidata) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO), is located near Leh in Ladakh, India, has one of the world's highest sites for optical, infrared and gamma - ray telescopes . It is operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore . It is currently the third (see List of highest astronomical observatories) highest optical telescope in the world, situated at an elevation of 4,500 meters (14,764 ft). </P> <P> The Indian Astronomical Observatory stands on Mt . Saraswati, Digpa - ratsa Ri, Hanle in south - eastern Ladakh in the eastern Jammu and Kashmir state of India . Accessing the observatory, located near the Chinese border, requires a ten - hour drive from Leh, the district capital of Ladakh . </P> <P> In the late 1980s a committee chaired by Prof. B.V. Sreekantan recommended that a national large optical telescope be taken up as a priority project . The search for the site of the observatory was taken up in 1992 under the leadership of Prof. Arvind Bhatnagar . The scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics found the site at Hanle . </P>

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