Jammu and Kashmir is a land of several valleys. These beautiful valleys reside within the network of numerous swift flowing rivers enclosed by lofty white mountains. The snow capped mountains with the green meadows of chinars, willows, junipers, blue-pines, spruces, firs; the blue waters of the streams and lakes; the vibrant, fragrant roses all together spreads the aura of bliss everywhere. “Agar firdaus bar ru-ye zamin ast, Hamin ast o hamin ast o hamin ast” – Amir Khusrau. (If there is a paradise on earth, It is this, it is this, it is this.) Kashmir so aptly described by the famous Sufi poet.

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