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Gulmarg

Gulmarg

Area:  105 sq. kms
Altitude:  2650 m.
Location:  Baramulla,Kashmir Valley
Population:  1965 (2011 Census)
Language:  Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, English.
Temperature:  Max 29.5 °C to Min-1.9 °C.
Main Attractions:   Snow-Capped Mountains, Gondola.
How to spend time/Attractions:   Skiing, Gliding, Golf, Trekking, Gondola, Photography, Sightseeing, Horse Riding etc.
Best Time to Visit:  Round the year.
Places of Interest:  Ziarat Baba reshi, Khilanmarg, Drang, Alpather Lake. Apparwat,Tangmarg

Gulmarg is a town, a hill station, a popular skiing destination and a notified area committee in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. The town is situated in the Pir Panjal Range in the western Himalayas. Immensely beautiful, the landscape of Gulmarg offers a pleasant and comfortable stay to its visitors. Today the place, has been famous for the different adventure activities and gives a fabulous background to many Bollywood movies. The resort was named Gulmarg ("meadow of flowers") by Sultan Yusuf Shah of the Chak Dynasty who frequented the place with his queen Habba Khatoon in the 16th century. Wild flowers of 21 different varieties were collected by the Mughal emperor Jahangir for his gardens in Gulmarg. In the 19th century. Historians describe the famous love couples, Habba Khatoon, poetess of Kashmir and King Yusuf Shah Chak, and Jehangir and Noor Jehan visiting Gulmarg for enjoying life. British civil servants started using Gulmarg as a retreat to escape summers in North Indian plains. Hunting and golfing were their favorite pastime and three golf courses were established in Gulmarg including one exclusively for women. One of the golf courses survives and at an altitude of 2,650 metres (8,690 ft.) is the world's highest golf course.

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