Rangdum Gompa

India / Jammu and Kashmir / Kargil / NH 301
 buddhist monastery, gompa
Monastery of Rangdum
Rangdum Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery belonging to the Gelugpa sect, situated on top of a small but steep sugarloaf hill at an altitude of 4,031 m (13,225 ft) at the head of the Suru Valley, in Ladakh. It is next to the tiny village of Julidok, and about 25 km from the 4,400 m (14,436 ft) Pensi La (pass) which leads into Zanskar
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangdum_Monastery
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Coordinates:   34°2'13"N   76°22'22"E
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