Karsha
Karsha is a village in Zanskar, Kargil, Ladakh. Karsha is situated nearby to the village Yulang, as well as near the hamlet Sendo.Places of Interest
Highlights include Karsha Monastery.
Karsha Monastery
Buddhist temple
Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Karsha Monastery or Karsha Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in the Padum Valley of the Zanskar region of the union territory of Ladakh in northern India. The Doda River flows past the monastery from its source at the Drang Drung Glacier of the Pensi La.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Padum.
Padum
Town
Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Padum is the main town and the administrative centre of the Zanskar tehsil in Kargil district, Ladakh, India. Named after the Buddhist guru Padmasambhava, it was historically one of the two main capitals of the Zanskar Kingdom, the other being Zangla. Padum is situated 7 km south of Karsha.
Karsha
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Zanskar, Kargil, Ladakh, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.53144° or 33° 31′ 53″ northLongitude
76.90502° or 76° 54′ 18″ eastOpen location code
8J5RGWJ4+H2OpenStreetMap ID
node 11679041661OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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