Sheshnag en route Amarnath, Kashmir, India
After a day's climb, this lake, the Sheshnag, is a welcome sight. This is where the Amarnath yatra halts for the first night. Read more at Amarnath yatra: Trek on a pilgrimage
Pilgrims on Amarnath yatra, Kashmir, India
As we had hoped for, the Amarnath yatra was an excellent experience to meet all kinds of people. Like this old man, whose memory will forever inspire us. Devoid of any fancy trekking gear, he made it through the high mountains only on the strength of his faith.
Sadhu en route Amarnath, Kashmir, India
Amarnath yatra was our introduction to the ways and lives of sadhus - the holy men. Carrying all their worldly belongings on their shoulders, they carried on on this important pilgrimage. Seeing them, was a study in cutting things down to the basics. Read more at Amarnath yatra: Trek on a pilgrimage
Sadhu at Amarnath, Kashmir, India
Amarnath yatra was our introduction to the ways and lives of sadhus - the holy men. Carrying all their worldly belongings on their shoulders, they carried on on this important pilgrimage. Seeing them, was a study in cutting things down to the basics.
Amarnath, Kashmir, India
After a day's climb, this lake, the Sheshnag, is a welcome sight. This is where the Amarnath yatra halts for the first night.
Sheshnag en route Amarnath, Kashmir, India
After a day's climb, this lake, the Sheshnag, is a welcome sight. This is where the Amarnath yatra halts for the first night. Read more at Amarnath yatra: Trek on a pilgrimage
Amarnath, Kashmir, India
An Indian Army officer helps an old woman get through the final steep stretch to Pishutop, the first peak of the Amarnath yatra. The army plays a vital role in making the yatra successful, ensuring the safety of the thousands of pilgrims in the remote high mountains.
Devotee on Amarnath yatra, Kashmir, India
The Amarnath yatra, a 45 km annual pilgrimage into the mountains in honour of Lord Shiva was an excellent experience to meet all kinds of people. Like some crazy devotees whose reasons we will probably never know (and maybe never understand). He would move ahead on his four limbs, stand, fold his hands and chant a prayer. Then get down on all four limbs ahead.
Exhausted sadhu on his way to Amarnath, India
While the other devotees start their climb from a point called Chandanwari, only the sadhus start 15 km earlier, from Pahalgam, the original starting point of the Amarnath yatra.
Sadhu lost in smoke, Kashmir, India
We encountered many sadhus (holy men!) like this, smoking up, lost in their own worlds on the way to the holy cave during the Amarnath yatra. Thousands of Hindus undertake a pilgrimage to Amarnath every year, at a height of 3888mt, in honour of Lord Shiva.
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Pahalgam, Kashmir, India
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Aru, Kashmir, India
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Photograph by Chetan Karkhanis
Aru, Kashmir, India
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Aru, Kashmir, India
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Gujjar father and daughter at Aru, Kashmir, India
Aru, Kashmir, India
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Photograph by Chetan Karkhanis
Pahalgam, Kashmir, India
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Lidder river at Betab valley, Kashmir, India
Pahalgam, Kashmir, India
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Photograph by Chetan Karkhanis
Pahalgam, Kashmir, India
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Photograph by Chetan Karkhanis
Pahalgam, Kashmir, India
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Yusmarg, Kashmir, India
Endless meadows covered in blooms, surrounded by a dense coniferous forest dotted with tiny cottages like these are a perfect setting to experience the countryside of Kashmir.
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Yusmarg, Kashmir, India
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Kids enjoying their summer holidays in Kashmir
The family lives high up on the meadows of Dragdolan, inaccessible by roads. School is a 10-km downhill walk, in Yusmarg.
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A Gujjar home in Kashmir, India
Gujjars are a nomadic tribe of shepherds who move up to the greener pastures in the hills in the summer. Come winter, they move down to the plains with their entire households and flocks. This was one such Gujjar family, happy to have us in their home.
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Yusmarg, Kashmir, India
Yusmarg, Kashmir, India
At the peak of summer, the meadows of Yusmarg are in full bloom. They are covered in bright yellow flowers. Yusmarg is still-not-so-popular destination in Kashmir. There are several day treks in the forests surrounding Yusmarg.
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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