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kashmir trip 2011 part 4 Pahalgam to Srinagar

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Day - 5 02/11/11 In the morning had the breakfast at Hotel Brown itself . Booked the Travera for drop to Srinagar for Rs-2000.00 , On the way visited the bat factory , On the way visited Avantipore ruin .Its is about 30 km from Srinagar on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. Its an ancient capital city of Avantipora founded by Rajaj Avantivarman.Its also famous for its two imposing temples, now in ruins, built by him. The temple was constructed by Lalitaditya , the Brahmin emperor of Kashmir, and King Awantivarman .This is an historic temple built by Awanti Warman from whom the place got its name as Awantipora. The place is usually misrecognized by the people saying Pandavas place because the material used in building this place is usually panadava stones. That's why people misrecognize it. But all its history is written inside it. It is said that this temple has gone almost 20 feet deep under the earth and that only its top side is visible. One of these temple

kashmir trip 2011 part 3 Pahalgam Betaab vellay, chandanwari , Aru vellay

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Day -4 01/11/11 Today decided to do the local trip , booked the same Innova for full day for Rs-2800.00 . we had the breakfast at the hotel itself and started by 10.30 am . our first destination was Betaab vellay , Reached by 10.50 am . we had to pay entry charges of Rs-10.00 per person . Betaab Valley is the place where they shot the famous scenes from movie Betaab .Its just 7kms from Pahalgam on Chandanwari Road .It derives its name from Sunny Deol’s ( Action Hero of Hindi Cinema and son of another veteran Dharmendra )Movie BETAAB which was shot extensively in this area . The producer of the movie had also built two Huts for the Movie and stayed in the area for about 2 months to shoot . Those who saw the movie can also recall the songs 1 Jab Hum Jawan Honge ,Jaane Kahan Honge 2 Dekho Maine Dekha Hai Yeh Ek Sapna,Phoolon Ke Shehar Me Ho Ghar Apna Both the songs were shot in this valley and the song Dekho Maine Dekha hai was shot actually in the Hut built by the producer of the

Kashmir Trip on 31 Oct 2011 Slideshow Slideshow

Kashmir Trip on 31 Oct 2011 Slideshow Slideshow : TripAdvisor™ TripWow ★ Kashmir Trip on 31 Oct 2011 Slideshow Slideshow ★ to Pahalgam, Sonmarg and Srinagar. Stunning free travel slideshows on TripAdvisor

kashmir trip 2011 part 2 Pahalgam

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Day - 3  31st October 2011 we were soon on the road to Pahalgam . the scenes at both sides of the road were beautiful . on the way stopped at the Kesar field . purple flower was booming in the field . after that visited the apple garden . All were pleased to see the apple on the tree. this we had never seen before . the owner of garden were busy packing the apples , they offered Khawa to us , they were very tasty Reached Hotel brown Pahalgam by 4.30 pm . we had booked 3 rooms for 3 families , for Rs-1000.00 perday each room  Off season price , the climate was very cold as it had rained , The rooms were neat and clean . It was dark and cold outside , we ordered for the Dinner at the hotel Brown itself , the food was tasty soon retired at the room and felt sleep