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Day 8 5/11/11 Today we have kept for local sightseeing and market . first we started with Shankaracharya temple The Shankaracharya temple is situated in the Srinagar district on the hill known as Takht-e-Suleiman. It is housed at a height of 1100 ft. above surface level of the main city on the hill. It is believed that Raja Gopadatya got the temple constructed in 371 BC, giving it the name of Gopadri. The great philosopher Shankaracharya is supposed to have stayed here when he visited Kashmir to revive Sanatan Dharma. This incident, which took place ten centuries ago, led to the renaming of the temple as the Shankracharya temple. The Shankracharya Mandir of Kashmir, India is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is thought to be the oldest shrine in the Kashmir valley. The temple, as it stands today, has undergone many repairs throughout its life. The first repair is supposed to have been done under the rule of Lalitaditya. The second repairs were undertaken by Zain-ul-Abideen after the...

Day -7  04/11/11 Taday decided for Gulamrg . Gulmarg also know as "meadow of flowers" is at an altitude of 2,730 meters above sea level, 52 kms north-west of Srinagar. The mountain meadow, to which the name properly belongs, is about two miles long, in places half a mile broad, and is somewhat crescent shaped. All around are snow capped mountains, and on a clear day you see all the way to Nanga Parbat in one direction and Srinagar in another, the scenery and flowers are lovely. In natural advantages it is immensely superior to other Himalayan hill-stations. Sharp at 9.00 am started , today it was raining and climate was also very cold . Had the breakfast enroute at the restaurant . Reached Tangmarg at 11.00am . Rented the winterclothings and gumboot . and started the journey . soon the snow fall started , and as we reached higher , snowfall increased , and just before 3km from gulmarg , the road was closed due to snowfall . our Travera could not move on the snow . we w...

Day -6 03/11/11 Today decided to visit Sonamrg . Our Travera was ready by 8.30 am . Soon we were on road to Sonamarg Sonmarg or Sonamarg is situated at 87 km from Srinagar  . Its at an altitude of 3,000 metres above sea level . The drive to Sonamarg is though yet another spectacular facet of country side in Kashmir, this time its the Sindh nallah. The Sindh nallah is the largest tributary of the Indus river in the valley of Kashmir. It is upwards of sixty miles long, and valley and deep rock-girt gorge to open grassy meadow land and village-dotted slopes.  on the way to sonamrg   had the breakfast at this restaurant  Reached the sonmarg at 11.00am .  sonamarg   sonmarg   sonamarg   sonmarg  Sumos were standing there to take us to snowpoint . Negotiated with a summo wala for Rs-5000.00 for whole sumo along with winter cloths and gumboots for 9 people . But to our badluck , after 30 min drive , the road was closed du...