GULMARG: Snow lies knee-deep in the pastoral town of Gulmarg, or “meadow of flowers,” on Indian-controlled Kashmir’s high plateau.
HEAVEN ON EARTH Tourists flock to snow-covered slope of Srinagar, an Indian-controlled region in Kashmir, on Jan 18, 2021. The snow has been attracting thousands of tourists in both Indian and Pakistani-controlled portions of the volatile region. The late poet Rabindranath Tagore called Kashmir as ‘heaven on earth’ because of many attractions. AP PHOTO