It means that if there is paradise on this earth, this is it, this is it and this is it. It is impossible to overstate the beauty of Kashmir.
The breathtaking beauty of Kashmir has earned it the name of the “Switzerland of the East”. The gushing rivers, sparkling waterfalls, scenic surrounding and the lush green forests of Kashmir add to its splendour. Winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir state-Srinagar is famous for its Mughal Gardens, vast hillsides, laded with water scintillating water bodies and flanked with flowering shrubs and trees, laid in formal geometry by the grand Mughal emperors known for their legendary love for Kashmir valley.
Shalimar Gardens are the outstanding among Srinagar’s many gardens and parks. This royal garden was laid out four hundred years ago by the Mughal emperor Jehangir for his wife’s sake. Nishat Bagh on Dal’s edge yet smaller than Shalimar, is more raptly beautiful, dotted with lofty Chinar plane trees.
The gardens of Chashma Shahi laid out by Shah Jahan is another irresistible spot which literally means - a mountain spring that waters it. Gulmarg, rightly called the ’meadow of flowers’ in Kashmir is famed for its golf course, the highest one in the world.
Kashmir (Balti: کشمیر; Dogri: कश्मीर, Poonchi/Chibhali: کشمیر; Kashmiri: कॅशीर, کٔشِیر; Ladakhi: ཀཤམིར; Shina: کشمیر; Uyghur: كھسىمڭر) is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" referred only to the valley lying between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal range; since then, it has been used for a larger area that today includes the Indian administerd state of Jammu and Kashmir consisting of the Kashmir valley, Jammu and Ladakh; the Pakistani-administered provinces of the Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir, and the Chinese-administered region of Aksai Chin.
In the first half of the first millennium, Kashmir became an important center of Hinduism and later of Buddhism; later still, in the ninth century, Kashmir Shaivism arose in the region.[1] The heritage of Kashmir during this period is well documented in Rajatarangini by Kalhana. In 1349, Shah Mirza became the first Muslim ruler of Kashmir and inaugurated the line Salatin-i-Kashmir.[2] For the next five centuries Kashmir had Muslim monarchs, including the Mughals, who ruled until 1751, and thereafter, the Afghan Durranis, who ruled until 1820.[2] That year, the Sikhs under Ranjit Singh, annexed Kashmir.[2] In 1846, upon the purchase of the region from the British under the Treaty of Amritsar, the Dogras—under Gulab Singh—became the new rulers. Dogra Rule, under the paramountcy (or tutelage) of the British Crown, lasted until 1947, when the former princely state became a disputed territory, now administered by three countries: India, Pakistan, and the People's Republic of China.
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Kashmiri Muslims are generally more active, energetic and dynamic in nature and are considered unrivalled craftsmen, known for their time-honored intricate and beautiful designs that they produce on papier-mâché, wood, silver and gold. Shrews businessmen, they also indulge themselves in agriculture, sheep rearing, cattle rearing and other cottage industries. Ninety percent of the population in the valley professes Islam of both Sunni and Shia sects.
Kashmiri women generally have such love of jewellery that their headgear, ears, necks and arms glisten with ornaments. The typical ornament that Hindu women wear is the Dejharoo, a pair of gold pendants, hanging on a silk thread or gold chain which passes through holes in the ears pieced at the top end of the lobes. The Dejharoo symbolizes that the Kashmiri Pandit woman is married. Muslim women wear bunches of earrings, the weight of which is supported by a thick silver chain along with several bracelets and necklaces. The whole ensemble lends a most artistic effect to the appearance of Kashmiri women.
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