Padum is the sub-tehsil of Zangskar which is 464 kms from Leh and 234
kms from Kargil. Once the Capital of the Zangskar valley, today it is
the administrative headquarter of the region and probably the most
populous settlement of Zangskar. There is a small market along the main
road with hotels, restaurants and number of shops. The town has a newly
contructed Mosque and a recently formed Muslim community. Stakrimo
Gonpa on a hill side and the 10th century monument carved on a huge
rock near the river bank, provides an epigraphic evidence that the
region was influnced by Budddhism since ancient period.
