(3657m) the farthest and the most isolated part oif the
Suru valley.
is an elliptical expanded plateau surrounded by colorful hills on the one side and glacier encrusted rocky mountains on the other. Situated 130kms south-east of
Kargil,
falls midway between
Kargil and
Padum. Due to its remoteness from inhabited parts either of
suru or
Zanskar, the area wild beauty is almost haunting. While its isolated is near perfect even as the unpaved
Zanska round traverses its length.
The chief attraction of
area as an imposing 18th century. Buddist monetary with about 40 monks in residence. Perched picturesquery a top a centrally rising hillock which is entranched around by the bifurcated course of a wild mountain stream.
The
monastery has the aura of an ancient fortification guarding a mustical mountain valley.
with its gompa and the attendant village of Juliodok,is the last inhabited region in the
Suru valley.
is also the destination of the nomadic herdspeople called Bakarwals, who trek up every year from the Himalayan foothills near
Jammu, bringing their flocks of sheep and goats to grow fat on the rich summer growth of grass.
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