undefined — Mixed herds of pashmina goats and sheep come back to their homes after grazing for the whole day at Kharnak, Changthang area, Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on Aug. 8, 2015.

Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan /Bloomberg

Mixed herds of pashmina goats and sheep come back to their homes after grazing for the whole day at Kharnak, Changthang area, Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on Aug. 8, 2015.

Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan /Bloomberg

From Goats to Luxurious Wraps: Pashmina in Pictures

Let's give a round of applause to the goats! Mind you, they are no ordinary goats. The shaggy, wide-horned beasts produce pashmina, a luxuriant material that can fetch as much as $200,000 for a shawl in Paris boutiques. The journey begins here, on the sparsely populated plains of the Himalayas. Photographs by Prashanth Vishwanathan for Bloomberg

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