Comments on: ‘Kashmir Snow Festival’ - December 24, 2008

By: Vidyut

Vidyut — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:35:02 +0000

Do you have any pictures of the event as it happened?

By: admin

admin — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:36:28 +0000

Gulmarg has a snowman
Gulmarg, Dec 27: ANI - Snowman competition, held as a part of the Kashmir snow festival, enticed tourists in picturesque snow-capped Gulmarg.
Apart from snowman competition, snow games like Ice-skating, snow rugby, snow cycling and other cultural events were the highlights of the festival.
The festival started with Christmas Mass at the historic Saint Mary’s Church with Santa Claus distributing sweets to children. The three-day festival concluded on December 26.

By: Admin

Admin — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:01:41 +0000

J&K snow festival kickstarts
26 Dec 2007, 0250 hrs IST,M Saleem Pandit,TNN
GULMARG: Despite terror threats, the two-day snow festival at the scenic resort town of Gulmarg in north Kashmir was a colourful event with hundreds of domestic and foreign tourists flocking to the hill station. And a Muslim, Ghulam Mohammad, took care of the resort’s lone Hindu temple in an act of religious harmony.
Mohammad said he often acts as a priest of the Shiv Mandir braving the terror threats. The hill station also have a church and mosque.
The Jammu and Kashmir tourism department, which plans to organise the Fifth National Winter Games from February 17 in Gulmarg, illuminated and decorated the places of worship to attract tourists. The health resort, also known as the Queen of Hills, received good snowfall only last week. Local Kashmiri artists entertained tourists with their performances. Kashmiri dishes were the special attraction. Sports events like ice-skating, rafting, snow hockey and snow cycling were also organised on the occasion.