Padum

Padum (also known as Padam) is the main town and the administrative centre of the Zanskar tehsil in Kargil district, Ladakh, India.

[1] The traditional heart of the village is below the gompa and Palace khar (now in ruins) where two large chortens stand above old buildings.

The sub-divisional capital Padum is a town of the Zanskar sub-division or tehsil in the Kargil district of Ladakh state, India.

The Zanskar River flows through the valley from its source at the Drang Drung glacier of the Pensi La.

[citation needed] Other roads, including the highway from Leh to Srinagar via Kargil, remain open until the end of October.

Jama Masjid, Padum
Padum from Pibiting village in the north
Padum market, Padum-Darcha road
Looking south to Padum and Pibiting from Karsha Monastery