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Rangdum is in a valley situated 3,657 m (11,998 ft) above the sea level, in an isolated region of the Suru valley in the Ladakh region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in Northern India. On one side are the colorful hills while on the other side are rocky mountains and glaciers, notably Drang-drung.

Rangdum is located midway between Kargil and Padum. It is about 137 kilometers from Kargil. The road conditions are very bad near Rangdum. A JKTDC bungalow is available at Rangdum. Restaurants and hotels are also available here. There is no access to electricity, phone or internet.

"Rangdum, with its gompa and the attendant village of youldo, Tashi thongzes and chaker is the last inhabited region in the Suru valley; it is also the destination of the nomadic herdspeople called (Doksa), they are From Rangdum the valley rises to 4400 metres and the Pensi-la, the gateway into Zanskar."[1]

The country surrounding Rangdum Monastery is very bleak and crops sometimes cannot ripen in the brief summer. The locals depend on their flocks and supplies from Zanskar.

The population of the Suru Valley as far as Parkachik are all Muslim. The spectacularly beautiful valley is, however, practically uninhabited past Parkachik other than a couple of tiny settlements. The small village parkachik is end village of Muslim and Gomdun (parkachik glacier)the valley are entirely Buddhist. The people are socially and culturally part of neighbouring Zanskar and support the 18th century Rangdum Monastery belonging to the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.[2][3]

Rangdum has a tourist bungalow, three homestay and, around 2 km from the village, a summer-only camp offering accommodation for tourists in bedded tents and Guest House.[4]

Footnotes

1. ^Rizvi (1996), p. 28.
2. ^Rizvi (1996), pp. 29, 253.
3. ^Schettler, Margaret & Rolf (1981), p. 150.
4. ^Lonely Planet India guide, 12th edition

References

  • Janet Rizvi. (1996). Ladakh: Crossroads of High Asia. Second Edition. Oxford University Press, Delhi. {{ISBN|0-19-564546-4}}.
  • Schettler, Margaret & Rolf (1981). Kashmir, Ladakh & Zanskar. Lonely Planet Publications. South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. {{ISBN|0-908086-21-0}}.
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