Kargil Tourism

Kargil is a town, which serves as the headquarters of Kargil district of Ladakh in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. It is the second largest town in Ladakh after Leh.
The town is located at the junction of famous silk route and caravans from china, Yakkand, Afghanistan, and Indian plains used to go through Kargil in the past. These countries were dealing with silk, carpets and precious stones. Now there are only ruins of these caravan Sarais which once was very famous for trade and silk route. Kargil is the main town which connects Srinagar – Leh , Leh – Zanaskar.
Kargil, also known as the Land of Agas, is a district in the Ladakh region of Jammu & Kashmir. The district derives its name from the fact that is primarily occupied by Shia Muslims. Situated at a distance of around 205 km from Srinagar, Kargil is located in proximity to the Line of Control or LOC with Pakistan and looks onto the valley of Kashmir. The place was the centre for the Kargil War or Kargil Conflict that took place during 1999 between India and Pakistan. The word Kargil is a blend of two words, ‘Khar’ meaning castle and ‘rkil’ meaning centre. The term, therefore, means a place between castles, an apt name for the destination, which lies between the two countries of India and Pakistan.