by M J Aslam Mulla Yousuf Kawoosa was rebuked by Emperor Shah Jehan and he died in the court, then and there Most of the people must have heard of the name, Sheikh Chilli.
M J Aslam
It was not before 1939 and 1942 when some British pioneers of the Himalayan Range of Mountains, introduced the first time in history Gulmarg as a Ski-Ing Centre in winter in collaboration with the Ski Club of the then Government of India
Tourists skiing on the snow slopes of the world-famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir on the eve of Christmas on Friday, December 25, 2020.KL Image by Bilal Bahadur
Kashmir has many summer retreats suffixing with the word
Marg – Sonamarg, Tangmarg, Gulmarg, Khilanmarg, Youmarg, and Nagmarg. Gulmarg is one of the Margs that has historical importance for Kashmiris.
Cast In Stone
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Pather Masjid in the heart of Srinagar is the only living monument f Mughal architecture in Kashmir. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur
Pathar Masjid (The Stone Mosque) is one of Srinagar’s key infrastructures of faith and culture. Built by Nur Jahan, the queen wife of Mughal emperor Jahangir, in 1623 AD, the mosque is also known as
Naev Masjid (New Mosque) and Shahi-i- Masjid (Royal Mosque) as well This is perhaps the only mosque other than Jamia Masjid that is mentioned in history, repeatedly.
The mosque may escape ones attention as it is fenced and shaded from public view by a shop line, security checkpoints and spools of barbed wire. As one step into the lawns of the mosque, through a labyrinth of alleys, the towering silence engulfs, and the crimson leaves from the Chinars fall silently on its four rectangular gardens,