Kargha Buddha Gilgit

The Kargha Buddha a rock carving beside the Kargha Nala 14 Kilometer from the Gilgit, west of Gilgit along the road to Punial. The Buddha was carved in the seventh century a monastery and three stupas about 400 meters upriver from the Buddha, excavated in 1938-39.The local legend about the Buddha tells of a man devouring ogress called Yakhshini who lived at Kargha.


By: Ejaz Karim Shugulo