Archive for February, 2010

Muslims want Verinag to be Hindu pilgrimage base camp

Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »

By Binoo Joshi, Indo-Asian News Service Jammu, April 26, 2006 (IANS) The Muslims of Verinag, the source of the Jhelum river, want the base camp of the Hindu pilgrimage to Amarnath ... Read more..

Current weather in Verinag

Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in Travel | No Comments »

[iframe http://mobile.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?brand=mobile&query=gulmarg%2C+india#forecast 600 600] Current Cloud Cover at Verinag: [iframe http://www8.fallingrain.com/wx.cgi?lat=33.5500&long=75.2500&name=Vernag&what=CLD 600 600] Read more..

Types of Fishes found in Verinag

Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in Fishing, What to do | No Comments »

Types of Fishes Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) Order: Cypriniformes Family: Balitoridae Original name: Nemachilus kashmirensis Author: Hora      1922 Source: Rec. Indian Mus. (Calcutta)  v. 24 76 Current status: Synonym of *Triplophysa yasinensis* (Alcock 1898) -- (Menon 1987:217 [ref. 14149], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:515 [ref. 20764], ... Read more..

How to get to Verinag

Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in Travel | No Comments »

Located 80 km from Srinagar at an altitude of 1,876 m, the spring of Verinag is believed to be the chief source of the river Jhe-lum. Verinag can be approached ... Read more..

General Information on Verinag

Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in General | No Comments »

Alternative Name: Verinag Name Type: Variant or alternate Area / State: Jammu and Kashmir Coordinates & Location type: Area Type: Populated place Location Type: Populated Place Latitude: 33.55 Longitude: 75.25 (Decimal degrees) Latitude (DMS): 33° 32' 60 N Longitude (DMS): ... Read more..

Stories of Saints

Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in History | No Comments »

Mathra Devi - Lalla Reborn - Sarwanand Koul 'Premi Kashmiri' OVER  six hundred years back, Kashmir-the heaven on earth, the swarga the Orient-witnessed the spectacle of one of its greatest saint-mystics, ... Read more..

Start of Jhelum

Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in River | No Comments »

TREATY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN CONCERNING THE MOST COMPLETE AND SATISFACTORY UTILISATION OF THE WATERS OF THE INDUS SYSTEM OF RIVERS Karachi, 19 September 1960 Article ... Read more..