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TimelessBaramulla district, in the Pir Panjal
The meadow of flowers, now a ski slope in winter.
Gulmarg is a wide alpine meadow ringed by forest in the Pir Panjal range. It was a summer retreat for royalty and later for British visitors, who built a golf course here, and today it is best known for skiing and one of the highest cable cars in the world.
Facts
- Gulmarg means meadow of flowers.
- Tradition says Yusuf Shah Chak renamed it from its older name, Gaurimarg.
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