“This place is very beautiful, it is a piece of paradise”. One could be forgiven for thinking that this statement is from one of the thousands of tourists who have visited Jammu & Kashmir over the past few months. After all, J&K is invariably referred to as “heaven in earth”. Instead, this is what the CEO of Emirates International Investment Group, Abdulla Mohammad Yousuf Abdulla Alshaibani, told reporters at Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) during a visit to Srinagar in March. “People are very kind and we felt so safe between you, like our family. This place is very beautiful,…
Author: News Desk Kashmir Ahead
Trout fish pisciculture is flourishing in Jammu and Kashmir. Trout farming is becoming a booming business in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar. The Trout fish farming project in Kokernag is considered Asia’s biggest trout farm. The Trout fish seeds go to different states such as Vadodara, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Lakhs of eggs were produced following breeding operation in March-April. Around 10 lakh eggs were collected and the hatching process is on.
Tourists coming over to Kashmir are overjoyed by its beauty. They feel it’s a wonderful place. Kashmir has been blessed by God and is truly a ‘paradise on earth’. It is home to the world’s most beautiful flora and fauna. Tourists are provided full safety. Tourists must visit places like Gulmarg, Sonmarg, Pahalgam, among many others and do river rafting. The tourists opine that if you have not seen Kashmir, then you have not seen anything. It is indeed a place to visit once in a lifetime.
The Pulwama Dangarpura Mahila Shakti Kendra department offers full support to women. Those associated with the organisation say that they got great support from this department. A beneficiary Maqsoda says whatever our needs be, whether a machine or other things, the Mahila Shakti Kendra is ever ready to back you. So with this support available, the women here can progress with their talent. In the same way, many other females can also tread the same progressive path. The Mahila Shakti Kendra organisers hold awareness programmes to help women. In this manner, they have linked women with different schemes so that…
Verinag is one spot abounding in natural beauty and is popularly called Gateway of Kashmir. It is a mere one-and-a-half kilometres from the first tunnel at the entry point of Kashmir valley. It is also the first tourist spot for road travelers from Jammu. The town is named after the famous Verinag spring and Mughal garden in Anantnag district. The water and scenery is stunning and the locals plead that Verinag must be placed on the tourist map. Verinag is 26km away from Anantnag and approximately 78km south-east from Srinagar.
In our village Budgam, a lot of development work and tile work is going on. Even the field grounds are being levelled up. Wherever the need was felt, development work is being undertaken. Therefore, we, local residents are thankful to the rural administration. A concrete drainage system was created for waste water after we had complained to the Sarpanch. We are thankful and appreciative to the Sarpanch for looking after our needs.
Lord Shiva Shankar also known as Baba Burfani is the creator of this universe. Shiva bhakts lovingly call him Bhole Baba too. It is said that it is easy to please him and to seek his blessings. CEO of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, Nitishwar Kumar, stated that it is good news for the pilgrims that this year the arrangements are happening in a full swing. He said that looking at the pilgrims’ registration, it looks like Baba’s blessings will touch many people. This yatra is a mix of spirituality and adventurism. So whoever undertakes this will feel the combination of…
On the occasion of Jyestha Purnima, a Pratham Pooja was organised on Tuesday at the holy cave shrine of Lord Shiva, marking the beginning of annual Amarnath Yatra 2022 pilgrimage. Jyestha Purnima is one of the most pious days in Hindu religion. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, Nitishwar Kumar, along with office bearers of Shri Amarnath Yatri Trust participated in the pooja. The pooja was performed amidst chanting of Vedic mantras to invoke the blessings of Shri Amarnath ji.
It’s believed that Amarnath ji cave was discovered by a Muslim shepherd named Buta Malik in 1850. Since then the annual Amarnath ji yatra has been taking place. Even the visit of Swami Vivekananda to the caves in 1898 has been chronicled in the ‘Notes of Some Wanderings with Swami Vivekananda’ by Sister Nivedita. The shortest track up to the holy cave of Shri Amarnath ji is of 14 km from Baltal. For the yatra the J&K administration prepares the track, foot bridges and necessary facilities at the base camp such as medical facilities, water supply, transport, electricity and communication…
Shri Amarnath Yatra commences this year on June 30, 2022. The yatra will go on for 43 days. To make the yatra successful, workers are on the job to make the bridge for the yatra. The Jammu & Kashmir administration this year is also enhancing the service facilities for the yatra. J&K LG Manoj Sinha is personally supervising all the arrangements for the auspicious yatra. Moreover, the yatra also gives employment to many people. The workers are happy that after a gap of two years they can again find work for the yatra.