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Suru Valley
Kargil, Jammu & Kashmir, India Phone: Not AvailableAbout
The Suru valley is inhabited by 25,000 by people of Dard and Tibetan descent. People here are socially and culturally part of neighbouring Buddhist Zanskar and support the 18th century Rangdum Monastery belonging to the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.It is one of the most agriculturally productive parts of Ladakh with two crops a year being harvested, watered by the run-off from the very heavy winter snowfalls and even plantations of willow and poplar trees making it a relatively lush and very attractive area, but around Rangdum the landscapes are stark, flat moorlands ringed by arid crags. The spikey white topped mountain peaks of the Nun-Kun massif topping 7000m, are visible from several places in the valley.
