Doodhpathri (Valley of Milk)
Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Tosa Maidan
Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir
A vast rolling meadow-plateau on the old Poonch royal route — reclaimed from an artillery range in 2014 and reborn as Budgam's great open commons.
Yusmarg
Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir
The 'meadow of Jesus' — a pine amphitheatre under Sang-e-Safed's snows, with the Doodh Ganga rushing through and Nilnag lake in the woods.
Loran Valley & Fort Ruins, Poonch
Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir
The medieval capital of Poonch under Pir Panjal snows — orchard terraces, the Loran nallah and grass-grown fort mounds of the old Lohara dynasty.
Charar-e-Sharief
Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir
The hill-town shrine of Sheikh Noor-ud-din Noorani (Nund Rishi), Kashmir's patron saint — rebuilt in carved wood, the heart of the valley's Rishi order.
Drung Waterfall, Tangmarg
Tangmarg, Jammu and Kashmir
The waterfall that freezes — a broad cascade below Gulmarg that turns to a cathedral of blue-white ice each deep winter, and a trout stream in summer.
Baba Reshi Shrine
Tangmarg, Jammu and Kashmir
The walnut-wood ziarat of 15th-century Rishi saint Baba Payam-ud-Din, its carved Mughal-Kashmiri halls a pilgrimage stop on the Gulmarg road.