{"id":1901,"date":"2016-04-28T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T04:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2016-04-28T10:00:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T04:30:22","slug":"kargil-ladakh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/kargil-ladakh\/","title":{"rendered":"Kargil , Ladakh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kargil<\/strong> lies on National Highway 1D<\/strong> which connects Srinagar to Leh<\/strong> , it is on the banks of Suru river<\/strong> , the name is from two words “Gar” means in local language “Any Where”<\/strong> and “Khil” means central place “where any one can stay”<\/strong>. Total population of Kagil 80%\u00a0follows\u00a0the Shia faith of \u00a0Islam and are inhabited in Kargil, Drass and lower Suru valley,\u00a0Tibetan Bon\u00a0Buddhist<\/strong> are mostly in Zanskar valley<\/strong> with small population in Shergol<\/strong>, Mulbek<\/strong> and Upper Suru<\/strong> valley.\u00a0\u00a0There are about 4% \u00a0Hindus and Sikhs . Most of the people are of Burig and Balti of\u00a0Tibetan\u00a0origin mixed with Dard , Mon and Aryan<\/strong>\u00a0people.
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Kargil City view from Leh-Srinagar Highway<\/p><\/div>
\nThe\u00a0Tibetan influence is seen in Kargil and Leh people , the Islam came here with Persian influence<\/strong> which has lots Persian words , phrases and even the\u00a0religious songs in their language , the marriages are\u00a0solemnize with common rituals of \u00a0Buddhist\u00a0and Islam customs .<\/strong>
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Mt. Nun & Mt. Kun from Suru valley trekkers hot spot<\/p><\/div>
\nIt was a transit point of caravans on their way to and from China, Tibet, Yarken and Kashmir till 1949, but since 1974 with the influx of tourists the region has been replaced as\u00a0center\u00a0for tourism related activities. Tourists traveling between Zanskar, Leh and Srinagar stop for \u00a0a night stay , before proceeding for onward \u00a0journey.
\nPeople visit Kargil<\/strong> with the memories of 1999 India and Pakistan\u00a0conflict as it lies very close to the line of control .
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Bomb Shell splinters holes fired from Pakistan<\/p><\/div>
\nThe Suru river<\/strong> flows through Kargil , Suru valley extends till the Pensi-la<\/strong> where there is a famous peaks of\u00a0Nun and Kun ,<\/strong>\u00a0Karaste<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0kar<\/strong> is a small village on Leh highway where 9 meter tall rock carved statue of\u00a0Maitriya Buddha<\/strong> attracts the tourists from far places .\u00a0There are other magnificent Stupas and rock carved statues to be seen in Suru valley . Most of the trekkers<\/strong> take a hike to\u00a0\u00a0the Nun- Kun<\/strong> view saddle (3810mtr. ) in the Parkachik ridge<\/strong>. It is a \u00a03 hours of walking along the slopes \u00a0overlooking the fertile valley below.<\/span>
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Pakistani post was captured and pushed behind this peak<\/p><\/div>
\nThe road connection from Srinagar is open from May till November , rest of the year there is a heavy snow in the Zoji-la<\/strong>\u00a0, this area is cut off by road in winters from rest of India , the Indian Air Force \u00a0operates few flights to help the local people to come in out of the valley. summers are warm with cold nights , Drass<\/strong> which is 56 km from Kargil<\/strong> is coldest\u00a0inhabited place in India. The<\/strong> only \u00a0road link to Zanskar\u00a0\u00a0is from Kargil<\/strong> .
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Kargil lies on National Highway 1D which connects Srinagar to Leh , it is on the banks of Suru river , the name is from two words “Gar” means in local language “Any Where” and “Khil” means central place “where any one can stay”. Total population of Kagil 80%\u00a0follows\u00a0the Shia faith of \u00a0Islam and are … →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4,17,18,19,21,22,25],"tags":[227,423,520,704,1106,1116,1290,1291,1469,1529,1541,1746,1913,1986,2047,2050,2089,2121,2140,2740,2767,2884,3123],"class_list":["post-1901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-architecture","category-buddhist-monuments","category-news","category-people","category-pilgrimage","category-religious-belief","category-road-trip","category-trekking","tag-balti","tag-burig","tag-china","tag-drass","tag-india","tag-indian-air-force","tag-kargil","tag-kargil-city","tag-ladakh","tag-leh","tag-leh-srinagar","tag-maitriya-buddha","tag-mulbek","tag-national-highway","tag-nun-kun","tag-nun-mt","tag-pakistan","tag-parkachik-ridge","tag-pensi-la","tag-stupas","tag-suru-river","tag-tibetan-bon-buddhist","tag-zanskar"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}