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Zangla & Stongdey (Zanskar's Crown Villages)

Zangla, Ladakh, India

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Overview

The old royal seat of Zangla with its cliff nunnery and Stongdey's hill gompa — the finest viewpoints over Zanskar's braided plain.

Why visit: Where Hungarian scholar Csoma de Kőrös wrote the first Tibetan dictionary.

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Travel Information

Best time

Jun–Sep

Entry fee

₹30

Est. budget

₹500–1,200

Duration

1 day

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Within

19.1 km

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Zanskar's oldest site — a Kanishka-era stupa in a walled garden lake-side, alive with the masked Naro Nasjal festival.

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