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Town in Ladakh, India-administered Kashmir
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Kargil (Ladakhi: དཀར་གྱིལ། dkar gyil), the second capital of Ladakh, India, is the region's important transit hub, with roads leading from here to Leh, Srinagar, and Padum in Zanskar. While interesting in many ways due to its historic position on the caravan routes, nothing of this is visible to the casual visitor. It is notorious with travellers as a necessary stop between Central Ladakh, Zanskar and the Kashmir Valley.
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The memorial commemorates the soldiers that died in the 1999 Kargil War between India and Pakistan. The main feature within the memorial is a pink sandstone wall which has the names of the soldiers who lost their lives engraved upon it.
Has 24 hour room service and serves bottled drinking water. The pricier rooms offer mountain views.
Kargil has direct bus connections with Leh, Srinagar, and Padum. Shared Jeeps make a faster, more expensive alternative to the buses, they leave from near the Bus depot, on main Bazaar.
Read in the guideKargil is small enough to walk from one end of town to the other easily.
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