Valley of Gods
Serpentine curves of the Jhelum River, as it finds its way through the city of Srinagar, the crowded banks, dotted with wooden houses, chinars and languishing boats are the real appeal of this lifeline of Kashmir valley. Jhelum does not take birth in high snowy places and unreachable cold heights. Rather it originates in a pool surrounded by humble yet elegant stone arches of Verinag, in south-east of Kashmir. The greenish dark stream of this divine water now starts its northward journey, right through the centuries of settlement and passage of time, she moves in graceful turns as a queen reigning her territory. The ever-beautiful Kashmir valley, of pines and Devdars, is watered by Jhelum and numerous other streams meeting her on the way ahead. The river, her ancient name being Vitasta, as per Puranic texts, is Uma or Sati herself, is witness to centuries of History and history makers. Kashmir valley was a home to thriving Sanatan Hindu culture and equally flourishing Buddhist influe
