February 14, 2006

Jammu & Kashmir in Winter

A driver sits near his vehicle at Jammu-Srinagar national highway after heavy snowfall near Patnitop about 110 km from Jammu

A View of a Snow Covered Taxi Stand in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir

Migratory Birds at the partially frozen Dal Lake in Srinagar as the night temperature dipped to four degrees celsius below freezing point.


A shopkepper clearing the thick layer of snow in front of his shop in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir


Dal Lake , Jammu & Kashmir


Frozen Dal Lake. Two kashmiri youths walks on the frozen surface of Dal Lake where a Kashmiri boatman guides his shikhara through a narrow channel of water on the frozen surface of Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir



Thiksey Monastery


House Boat Hotel


A boatman carrying essential commodities in the Dal Lake, Jammu & Kashmir


A man with charcoal walking down the snow covered boulrvard road along the partialy frozen Dal Lake in Jammu & Kashmir


Jammu & Kashmir


Visitors having a close look at the frozen parts of the Dal Lake, Jammu & Kashmir


Rowing through the partially frozen Dal Lake


A boatman rowing his boat through the snow-covered Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir


Visitors having a close look at the frozen parts of the Dal Lake, Jammu & Kashmir



A boatman extending his hand towards a girl tourist on the frozen surface of Dal lake in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir


A View of the frozen surface of the World Famous Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir



Goats on Sale in Srinagar as Kashmiri Muslims start buying animals for sacrifice on Eid - Ul - Zuha being celebrated across the World



A Security Jawan on Guard along the Snow Covered Boulevard Road in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir


A Taxi driver in Srinagar removing the snow from his vehicle


Kashmiri children play cricket on the frozen surface of world famous Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir


A Kashmiri Girl rowing her boat, another boat invaded by Crows and Sparrows in the Dal Lake


Kashmiri Women rowing a boat with LPG Cylinders in the partially frozen Dal Lake


A view of the meeting point of Indus and Zanskar rivers in Ladakh which has frozen due to Winter, Jammu & Kashmir


Paramilitary personnel patrolling. A Snow Covered Boulevard road along the banks of the World Famous Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir


Shikarawala rowing the boat through the partially frozen Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu &
Kashmir


Security Jawan


A Kashmiri man selling the traditional Kangri ( Fire-Pots) on a Snow - Covered Road in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir




The Snow Covered Zaberwan Range overlooking the World Famous Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir


Sunny Day after snowfall




House Boats


Lamayuru Village



Mountain pass on the Lamayuru-Chilling trek, Ladakh


Srinagar in Snow


Thiksey Monastery


View from Wanla gompa


Wanla Gompa


Lamayuru villagers weaving, Ladakh


River valley near Wanla


Mountain Skyline

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