Saturday, January 24, 2015

COLOURS OF UNEXPLORED KOKERNAAG IN J&K VALLEY.

Kokernaag  is a sub district town in Breng  Valley ( The golden crown of kashmir).kokernaag  is at the ht  of 2000 mts approx the sea level..It is famous for its Botanical garden  and largest fresh water spring in kashmir valley. If one  takes his drive  across Sinthan pass,  kokernaag  is only 40kms drive.
As such it's quite isolated and off the route on NH1B,  but after visiting the place by the end of fall season , I can simply say, it's beauty is similar to Europe  in Autumn. The kokernaag spring gushes out of the base of a thickly wooded hill from where it divides into channels,  which resembles to the claw foot of hen.Hence ,  it's name koker  means "fowl " and naag  means "serpent". ....
The botanical garden is home to innumerable  species  of trees and bushes  , which in autumn  gets varied colours to the whole landscape..... I was just mesmerised  by the beauty of the place. ....jktdc  has hotel to stay inside the botanical garden complex but truely freezing  place to stay a night ,  so anyone planning a night halt here should come prepared.... The Sinthan pass only opens for 2/3 months  every year...so if one wants to enjoy the autumn colours , u cannot plan via the sinthan pass .
I tried to canvas the beauty on my lens ....




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