One of the largest springs in India, Verinag, which lies in the Kothar district, is 78 km south-east of Srinagar via Anantnag, and is easily accessible through a by pass from the Jammu – Srinagar high way.
Kashmir's two major natural advantages are its mountains on the one hand , and lakes and rivers on the other hand. These waterways enhance the beauty of the land and are on of the chief sources that attract tourists to its verdant valleys. But more than just a means of pleasure, the waterways are an activity oriented way of discovering new leisure sports.
Somewhere in the valley, says legend, is a well whose water has the magic property of turning any substance into gold. This is Sonamarg – Meadow of Gold – a quiet valley, carved by the river Sindh, circled by still lakes and jagged, awesome glaciers.
To be away from the cares of the world, high up in the mountains away from the snarl of the city, where pollution is an unknown word and where beauty unfolds in a never ending panorama --- such things are the joy of the trekker.
The Lidder river runs through the Pahalgam, in a rushing grey-green torrent, foam-alecked, breaking in curling waves against the boulders that lie in its path. Its sound is as eternal as the whisper of wind through pine and fir, its force primaeval in its untamed splendour.
Kashmir is a multi-faceted diamond set like a crown jewel on the map of India. Two major Himalayan ranges, the greater Himalaya and the pir panjal, surround the valley from the north and south respectively. The Mughals aptly called Kashmir “Paradise on Earth” and traveled long distances to spend the summers in its cool environs
The great Mughal historian, Abul Fazl, has chronicled for posterity the benefits of the sweet water spring of Kokernag. This beneficient gift of nature is still regarded as having extraordinary healing powers and the sick are brought here for treatment by its waters and solitude. Kokernag is also known therefore, and most aptly, as Papashudan Nag or sin-cleansing spring.
In the high snows … mountaineering opportunities in the Himalayas excite even professionals.
Mere words cannot convey the awesome majesty of the Himalayas. Their splendor sweeps over the north and north eastern part of the subcontinent, and as the highest, newest mountain range on the earth, scaling a Himalayan peak is the dream of many mountaineer the world over.
lies in the Kothar district, is 78 km south-east of Srinagar via Anantnag, and is easily accessible through a by pass from the Jammu – Srinagar high way.
advantages are its mountains on the one hand , and lakes and rivers on the other hand. These waterways enhance the beauty of the land and are on of the chief sources that attract tourists to its verdant valleys. But more than just a means of pleasure, the waterways are an activity oriented way of discovering new leisure sports.
whose water has the magic property of turning any substance into gold. This is Sonamarg – Meadow of Gold – a quiet valley, carved by the river Sindh, circled by still lakes and jagged, awesome glaciers.
in the mountains away from the snarl of the city, where pollution is an unknown word and where beauty unfolds in a never ending panorama --- such things are the joy of the trekker.
rushing grey-green torrent, foam-alecked, breaking in curling waves against the boulders that lie in its path. Its sound is as eternal as the whisper of wind through pine and fir, its force primaeval in its untamed splendour. 
a crown jewel on the map of India. Two major Himalayan ranges, the greater Himalaya and the pir panjal, surround the valley from the north and south respectively. The Mughals aptly called Kashmir “Paradise on Earth” and traveled long distances to spend the summers in its cool environs
chronicled for posterity the benefits of the sweet water spring of Kokernag. This beneficient gift of nature is still regarded as having extraordinary healing powers and the sick are brought here for treatment by its waters and solitude. Kokernag is also known therefore, and most aptly, as Papashudan Nag or sin-cleansing spring. 
Himalayas excite even professionals. 
