Category:Kanji, Ladakh
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བོད་ཡིག: རྐན་བཞི
The name Kanji is a combination of two Ladakhi/Bhoti words, rKan & Zhi. Meaning Four Pillars. The name described the village being setup in the center of 4 mountains.
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Kanji is a village in the Leh district of the union territory of Ladakh in India. It is located in the Khalsi tehsil, and can be accessed through the village of Heniskot which lies on the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh highway.
The village has a small number of families who farm the immediate area. The village is situated on an altitude of 3875 m, and is a campsite on the Kanji la and Shilakong gorge treks.
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