Hundar, India

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| name = Hundar

| other_name = Hunder, Hundur

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| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Hundur Gompa, Numbra valley, Ladakh.jpg

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| image_caption = Hunder Monastery

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ladakh, India

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| pushpin_map_caption1 = Location in India

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| subdivision_name = India

| subdivision_type1 = Union Territory

| subdivision_name1 = Ladakh

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Leh

| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil

| subdivision_name3 = Nubra

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| population_as_of = 2011

| population_total = 1179

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Hundar is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India, famous for sand dunes and Bactrian camels.{{cite web |url=http://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |title=Blockwise Village Amenity Directory |publisher=Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council |access-date=2015-07-23 }} It is located in the Nubra tehsil, on the banks of the Shyok River. The Hunder Monastery is located here.

Hundar was once the capital of the former Nubra kingdom. There are several ruined buildings, including the ruins of the king's palace, the Langchen Khar ("Elephant Palace").[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/exploring-hundarthe-desert-wonder-of-leh/photostory/83743923.cms Exploring Hundar—the desert wonder of Leh], Panchali Dey, Times of India, Jun 22, 2021 There is a fort at the top of the hill, called Gula. Hundar also has two Buddhist temples: the white temple (Lhakhang Karpo) and the red temple (Lhakhang Marpo).{{cite book |author=Prem Singh Jina |title=Recent Researches on the Himalaya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S3-McU06Y28C&pg=PA32 |year=1997 |publisher=Indus |isbn=978-81-7387-069-9 |pages=32–}} Between Hundar and Diskit lie sand dunes.{{cite book |author1=Max Lovell-Hoare |author2=Sophie Lovell-Hoare |title=Kashmir: Jammu. Kashmir Valley. Ladakh. Zanskar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mJQBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA113 |date=1 July 2014 |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |isbn=978-1-84162-396-2 |pages=113–}}