Pashmina locally known as Lena Cashmere comes from a particular type of goat called Changra that lives in the high altitude regions of Ladakh in northern India and in neighboring Tibet at a height of over 5000 meters. Nature has provided the goats with their thick under coat to protect them from the extreme cold of winter. There is almost no rain in this arid region.
They are raised in herds by caring shepherds who comb the fleece out by hand in the spring. The heavy coarse outer hair is then separated from the fine soft Cashmere under coat.