Kokernag Trout Fisheries, Kashmir, India
Right next to the Kokernag Botanical Garden is the largest trout fishery in Asia. The research students at the training institute here showed us the various steps involved in breeding the fish. Read more on Kokernag at A day in Kokernag, Kashmir
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Inside Asia's largest trout fishery, Kashmir, India
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Inside Asia's largest trout fishery, Kashmir, India
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Sinthan Top, Kashmir, India
On National Highway NH-1B, which is open only during the four summer months, Sinthan Top is at a height of 3750m. Snow, even in the summer is the biggest attraction for tourists. Read full story at Mountain passes we crossed in the Himalayas
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Daksum, Kashmir, India
Daksum, a village in south Kashmir is the base of a snow covered mountain pass called Sinthan Pass. It is surrounded by a dense coniferous forest and the melting glacial waters flow as stream through it. With abundant forest trails, Daksum is a nature lover's paradise.
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Mughal garden in Verinag, Kashmir, India
Mughal gardens, typically multi-leveled terraces with water channels and fountains decorated with seasonal flowering plants are a specialty in Kashmir. Stories from Kashmir :A day in Kokernag, Kashmir, Life and sights around Dal lake in Srinagar, People of the valley: Kashmir
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Rice farming in Kashmir, seen from the train journey from Srinagar to Anantnag
Rice is the staple diet of Kashmiris, and rice fields are seen everywhere in the months from June to September. In this high activity season even women contribute in the farm work.
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Ground surfing game, Kashmir, India
Kids...ingenious and inventive...engineers in the making? They had themselves built these sledges. When a wheel came loose from one of them, they repaired it themselves, then and there! Read full story on Kids of the hills...
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Hangout place next to butcher shop, Kashmir, India
Idyllic scene in the market at Verinag which is in South Kashmir. Old men, wearing firan (woolen coat), kangdi (basket with red hot charcoal pieces) keeping them warm sharing a hookah/sheesha. Read full stories at People of the valley: Kashmir.
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A copper store in the Anantnag market , Kashmir, India
Copper ware is a highly prized kitchen ware in Kashmir. Heavy and intricately carved copper vessels are a sign of affluence in Kashmir. Their cost is decided by the weight of copper used in making them.
Shops like these indicate a “big city”, the urban side of Kashmir!
Know more about the life in Kashmir at People of the valley: KashmirFrom Story photos
Aharbal waterfall, Kashmir, India
A passageway along the gushing river makes for an exciting approach to this thrilling waterfall.
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Kids playing at Kolam Chinar, a village with sulphur springs in Kashmir
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Verinag, Kashmir, India
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The security guard for snow clearing machines, Kashmir, India
Yusuf stayed at the top of Sinthan pass in a small tent with another colleague. He worked for a BEACON, the company in charge of maintaining the roads here. He invited us in his makeshift tent and even offered to cook us some lunch! Read more stories at Friendly families from our travels in Himalayas
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Sinthan Top, the highest point of Sinthan Pass, part of national highway NH1-B connecting Kishtwar in Jammu to Anantnag in Kashmir
Sinthan Top, Kashmir, India
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The stretch of national highway NH1-B from Daksum to Sinthan Top, Kashmir
Sinthan Top, Kashmir, India
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Kokernag Botanical Garden, Kashmir, India
Read more on Kokernag at A day in Kokernag, Kashmir
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Meadows of Sanasar
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A typical house in Sanasar, Kashmir, India
We were in a bus from Patnitop to Sanasar. Sanasar is a village set on a mountain side, a hill station on the Jammu side of Jammu and Kashmir. All along our bus ride, we saw these mud coloured, box shaped houses.
Seeing these unique structures, our curiosity was piqued. We were eager to peek into these houses and the lives of the families which made these home.
Read more of our visit to one such house at Friendly families from our travels in HimalayasFrom Story photos
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Terrace farms at Sanasar, Jammu, India
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Sanasar, Jammu, India
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Sanasar, Jammu, India
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