Kashmir: Where Nature Sits in the Lap of Lord
by Radamel on 04/11/08 at 2:03 am
If there is to be heaven on earth, it is here, Kashmir.
“If there is to be heaven on earth, it is here” said the poignant Mughal king Akbar commenting on the picturesque landscape of Kashmir. Kashmir evokes awe-inspiring response from an incessant flurry of tourists. The place is covered with such natural splendor that it may take many lives to soak it entirely. With the mighty Himalayas looming over it and the hills of Karakoram and Nanda Devi adding to the effect, the place looks seeped in beauty. River Lidder, Jhelum and Chenab augment the impact of beauty.
The place is generally covered in snow. This drives the tourists crazy. Rose and tulip sprouting from the snow and brown and black horses trailing through the tuft of green grass make for a spectrum of colors. Tulip festival in Kashmir is rated by many as one of the most celebrated floral events of Asia. Lacs of tulips blossom and create rich paraphernalia exuding a riot of orange.
Gulmarg is a place which needs specific mention. The place is surrounded by snow-capped mountains and it has huge acreage of greenery spreading over it like the reverse canopy of sky. Owing to the long queue of tourists, the place has been blessed with resorts and hotel chains which deal in great accommodation and superior ethnic food.
Pahalgam is another must watch. The place also marks the point of commencement for those leaving for Amarnath pilgrimage.
Dal Lake stands at the cornerstone of history. It has a floating garden and a historic group of four trees called Char Chinar held over a high pedestal. The water is unlike that found in Lakes. It can get really tumultuous at times. Mughals had built beautiful gardens in the State. Kashmir houses the Shalimar and the Nishat gardens.
Unfortunately the place had been marred by violence and cross-border terrorist activities had piled the intrinsic beauty of it with loads of gore and bloodshed. Thankfully, the situation seems to have come in hand.
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Chambo
Nov 4th, 2008
I have been to some fantastic destinations around India but never Kashmir. Hope to get there someday as its sounds wonderful. Thanks Rodallega.
Xplore Content
Nov 4th, 2008
amazing place to be.. feels like heaven.. been there once and wish to be there forever…
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Nov 4th, 2008
how much have (some of) these photos been photoshoped, really?!
Uzair
Nov 4th, 2008
They are not photoshoped. Believe me, some places will make you say wow. Of course the images are a bit retouched in photoshop.
s hayes
Nov 4th, 2008
wow !
At the moment I am in a scrappy office with one small window overlooking a scrap yard filled with mutants – I know where I would rather be !
Brandon M. Sergent
Nov 4th, 2008
I see desolation, an expensive camera, and poverty. Probably with a good bit of sexism, fundamentalism, and child abuse for good measure.
Brandontheidiotamerican
Nov 4th, 2008
Hi, I am an idiot American. Clearly this place is below me, and so very different, I am inclined to fear it rather than accept that it exists as it is.
Please, stop showing me culture and other interesting things outside the scope of my daily frappucino and my lovely SUV that gets .5 KM per fillup.
Ansol68
Nov 4th, 2008
As an artist I can truly appreciate the wonder of these photo’s. Beautiful.
David Irvine
Nov 4th, 2008
Great article, looks a little Familiar lol.
http://www.quazen.com/Arts/Photography/Proof-That-Heaven-is-Here-on-Earth.312291
Kosyman
Nov 4th, 2008
Lived in Cancun for three months; we witnessed a sunset, almost every single night from our balcony at the Yalmakan, and I have yet to see any sunset like that anywhere here in the United States…these images are beautiful, Rodallega
Kheng
Nov 4th, 2008
I have heard and read about Kashmir and it is a place I would like to visit one day. The photographs are spectacular!
C Jordan
Nov 4th, 2008
Stunning pictures
saloni
Nov 4th, 2008
Amazing India!=)
Sophie
Nov 5th, 2008
Beautiful snapshots of an ultra-beautiful place!! I know, Kashmir is much more beautiful than what any camera can capture. But that doesn’t undermine your images. They really are a glimpse of a heaven on Earth!
O beautiful Kashmir!! How desperate I am to visit thee again!
Pallavi
Nov 5th, 2008
Indeed Lord’s gift to the Universe! Some places around kashmir, in the Himalayas are really believed to be the residence of Supreme Lord, and it is extremely difficult to reach those places. It is said that one should be blessed to see those places, indeed blessed to be protected from the terrorism that currently prevails. God help people of Kashmir. Visiting Kashmir is one of my lifetime dreams…..!
Rana Sinha
Nov 5th, 2008
Great. I’ve travelled extensively around India, but didn’t make it to Kashmir, yet. Breathtaking. Let’s hope that the situation there would allow peaceful tourism.
Unofre Pili
Nov 5th, 2008
Wonderful!
valli
Nov 5th, 2008
Thanks for writing about this beautiful place in India.
Abdul Sabour Ayoubi
Nov 5th, 2008
It is a nice article and the images are really beautiful. Thanks for sharing very imformative article.
abudino
Nov 5th, 2008
i liked this page beacuse this is really interesting and nice
abudino
Nov 5th, 2008
It is a nice article and the images are really beautiful. Thanks for sharing very imformative article.Thanks for writing about this beautiful place in India
robertchinwe
Nov 6th, 2008
just beautiful
William Thomas
Nov 6th, 2008
so beautiful!
CaryinAmerica
Nov 6th, 2008
Dear #7
I am an American and I can see the beauty of the place
but would be hesitant to visit due to the current
situation.
Why do you hate America?
Alvin Lim
Nov 7th, 2008
Kashmir is one of the most beautiful places in the world. It’s very unfortunate that it has ended up being in its current state. Thanks for sharing all these beautiful photos.
askmuslims.com
Nov 7th, 2008
SubanAllah very beautiful pictures
sid
Nov 8th, 2008
CaryinAmerica
I think #7 was just being sarcastic to the comment above him/her.
Plenty of tourists visit the region despite the conflict. In any case it’s alot calmer these days and it would be safe to visit the tourist hotspots.
Contrary to popular belief, the locals love to meet westerners and rural folk especially.
eddiego65
Nov 9th, 2008
Breathtaking!
Bunny got Blog
Nov 9th, 2008
Truly a beautiful country.
thodu
Nov 22nd, 2008
Correction : Nanda Devi is nowhere near Kashmir.
Dunzy
Dec 3rd, 2008
Amazing pictures. kashmir is India’s treasure.Nobody can steal it!
coke
Dec 10th, 2008
Uh…am I the only one to notice that this page is filed under.. “PAKISTAN”??? :-O
pumas123
Dec 16th, 2008
There is a reason why India will never let go of the Kashmir. It is the pride possession of India. No matter what paki terrorists do they will never win kashmir.
kalyani
Jan 11th, 2009
when i was a child i had a dream to go to kashmir once.but at present situation i dont want to go because of the violence there.so i am enjoying the potos and wall papers in the net itself.i hope there will be peace in kashmir in few years.
Hindu
Jan 16th, 2009
Why is this filed under pakistan??
The url is:
http://www.trifter.com/Asia-&-Pacific/Pakistan/Kashmir-Where-Nature-Sits-in-the-Lap-of-Lord.328549
Hindu
Jan 16th, 2009
Maybe because PAKISTAN is more accomodative towards the west, fighting their wars on their behalf
Hindu
Jan 16th, 2009
And India did not even send its troops to Iraq , boo hoo
selphie
Feb 8th, 2009
it’s not heaven on earth, it’s how we know theirs a heaven, and that God is real, how else could something so beautiful be.
Awais
Apr 7th, 2009
i think both pakistan and india should leave Kashmiir.. it was once a place where muslims and hindus lived in harmony…
ZohaibJi
Apr 15th, 2009
Thanks to put it in the real cat.
http://www.trifter.com/Asia-&-Pacific/Pakistan/Kashmir-Where-Nature-Sits-in-the-Lap-of-Lord.328549
Long live Pakistan Long Live Kashmir…..
Kahsmir Humara hai —- Inshhalah
Ruby
Apr 17th, 2009
Thanks for sharing those photos, I’ve just arrived from Nepal I never made to continue my trip to Kashmir, how I wish to be there someday, I want to discover the real paradise on Earth.
Marilyn
Apr 29th, 2009
Its amazing place, I really wanted to visit this place. seems like your in heaven with God’s warm embrace. I love it!!!
kashmir belisario
May 11th, 2009
this place is beautiful, it is amizing…
i hope someday, i will be going there…
uhm i love it♥♥♥!!!
john
May 16th, 2009
i made it to leh but that was 10 years ago things where a little hot up there kashmir is somewhere i would love to visit
taufik
Jun 30th, 2009
Subhanalloh..
very beautiful..
DA Cournean
Jun 30th, 2009
The whole world can be as Heaven on earth once we stop trying to destroy it through our fears and hate.
Govind
Jun 30th, 2009
Just went on a trip with my my two friends to Himachal and Kashmir. I had the time of my life. It was more fun because we drove all the way from Banswara (A town in Rajasthan) to kashmir and back in my brother Scorpio.
If the old Scorpio was so much fun, the new Mighty Muscular Scorpio must be super fabulous. I checked on their website that there are 18 new features in Scorpio at 70000 less price. Great http://www.mahindrascorpio.com
Konde
Aug 26th, 2009
Wonderful…
chernobyl
Sep 14th, 2009
“Alas, could I die this very moment, here and now..!” It is so beautiful that to live afterwards will not be worthwhile. These are the first few words of many who have had a glimpse of the enormous beauty of valley Kashmir. Kashmir is well acknowledged for its unrivaled magnificence and exquisiteness that has made it worth of the epithet “Paradise on Earth”. Kashmir is precisely assumed to be Nature’s grand finale of beauty. In this magnum opus of earth’s foundation flavors in strong eccentricity strive with one another in setting up delicate patterns of charisma and allure.
Kashmir Valley is part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in north India. The decade old political and civil havoc in the province has not touch a chord of the grandeur of Kashmir. It has become a traveler hot spot due to its astonishing enriching diversity, the utter beauty of the grand Himalayas, and the green valleys whose magnificence has engrossed a pack of migrants from West Asia and Central Asia.
The delicacy of the snow crowned mountain peaks, the aromatic orchards and pine forests, and green pastures; magnetize thousands of visitors to the state. The tranquility and serenity, recurring after two decades of rebellion, has also been influential in escalating the tourist inflow to the tourist spots in Kashmir. Kashmir thrives in tourist spots and magnetism, from the temples and pilgrimage centers of Jammu to the snow capped peaks at gulmargOvera wildlife sanctuary, dachigam national park, gulmarg biosphere reserve Mountaineering, Trekking, Fishing, Para Gliding etc.
kashlas
Oct 20th, 2010
nice post about kashmir special package
Sweet girl
Jan 17th, 2011
Well written article about Pakistan..
Here is my work on the same country..
Popular tourist spots in Pakistan
Riitaa
Mar 9th, 2011
beautiful Kashmir I love it
acertake
Mar 18th, 2011
Very nicely written post
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Faraz
May 18th, 2011
So many people leaving comments here as to what country Kashmir is a part of are misinformed and misleading others!
Today, Pakistan controls the Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir (the northwestern area), India controls Jammu and Kashmir (the central and southern areas) and China controls Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract (the northeastern area).
Of course, famously, Pakistan and India dispute these boundaries and this dispute has been the source of decades of war.
The author may well be correct to have filed this article under ‘Pakistan’ if the area that he visited was a Pakistan-administered one.
Source: I have Kashmiri roots (originally Indian Hindus, later Indian Muslim converts) and have spent a lot of time in the far north of Pakistan.
Nomadic Samuel
Aug 1st, 2011
These are simply gorgeous photos! I love the candid photos