Kargil districtKargil district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputedKashmir-region, which is administered as a union territory of Ladakh. It is named after the city of Kargil, where the district headquarters lies.
LadakhUnion territory administered by IndiaRegion administered by India as a union territoryLadakh (English:, Hindustani) is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India and China since 1959.
Suru River (Indus)The Suru River is a tributary of the Indus River that flows largely through the Kargil district of Ladakh, India, into Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. The Suru Valley is coextensive with the , with the town of Kargil situated on its banks. The river enters the Kharmang District of Gilgit-Baltistan, coursing a brief length before joining the Indus near Marol.
Pensi LaPensi-la (Pensi Pass) is a mountain pass in the Ladakhunion territory of India, which is known as the Gateway to Zanskar. Pensi La is 4,400 metres (14,400 ft) above sea level and connects the Suru Valley region to the Zanskar Valley region. The summit at this end of the Suru Valley, the only peak which can be seen, is 7,012 metres (23,005 ft) high, while the mountain to the north is 6,873 metres (22,549 ft). The pass is about 25 km from Rangdum Monastery.
RangdumRangdum is a village located in the Suru Valley of Zanskar district in the union territory of Ladakh in Northern India. On one side are the colourful hills while on the other side are rocky mountains and glaciers, notably Drang-drung. It is located on the NH301 Kargil-Padum Highway.
National Highway 301 (India)National Highway 301, commonly referred to as NH 301 is an intermediate-lane national highway in India. It is a spur road of National Highway 1. NH-301 traverses the union territory of Ladakh in India.
Doda RiverThe Doda River or the Stod River is a river 79 kilometres (49 mi) long, which forms the Stod Valley in the Zanskar valley of the Leh district in the Union Territory of Ladakh in India. NH301 Padum-Pensi La-Kargil Highway runs along the Stod/Doda River Valley from Padum in south to Pensi La in north. From north of Pensi La (Penzi La), the highway runs further north through Suru valley to Kargil town.
Indus RiverThe Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia.
Wylie transliterationWylie transliteration is a method for transliterating Tibetan script using only the letters available on a typical English-language typewriter. The system is named for the American scholar Turrell V. Wylie, who created the system and published it in a 1959 Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies article. It has subsequently become a standard transliteration scheme in Tibetan studies, especially in the United States.
SankooSankoo (Wylie: sang ku) is a town and headquarter of eponymous tehsil in Suru Valley within the Kargil district of the Union Territory of Ladakh in India. This township is located approximately 42 kilometers south of the Kargil town. The south-to-north flowing Suru River's valley is shaped like a bowl and is fed by the east-to-west flowing Lingber Lungpa tributary stream at Sankoo.
Union territoryAmong the states and union territories of India, a union territory (UT) is a region that is directly governed by the central government of India, as opposed to the states, which have their own state government systems. Unlike states, union territories do not have their own full-fledged government but are administered by a lieutenant governor or administrator appointed by the president of India.
Mulbekh MonasteryMulbekh Monastery or Mulbekh Gompa, at 11,495 ft from sea level and 656 ft uphill from road level, consists of a 9 m (30 ft) tall MaitreyaBuddha statue, 1400 CE kharosti language edicts on the hill, and two 800-year-old gompas: Serdung gompa of Drukpa lineage and Rgaldan-se gompa of Gelugpa lineage of Buddhism. It is found 40 km from Kargil on NH1 Kargil-Leh Highway in the Kargil district of Ladakh in northern India.
KargilKargil (English: , Hindi:) or Kargyil is a city and headqurter of eponymous district, tehsil, and community development block in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. It is the joint capital of Ladakh, an Indian-administered union territory, and the headquarters of the Kargil district. It is the second-largest urban centre in Ladakh after Leh.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.