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Apr282019 by News DeskNo Comments

Rare Hand-Made Kashmiri Shawls to be Auctioned in UK

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April 28 A private collection of rare hand-woven Kashmiri shawls dating back to the 17th century are on offer at auction by Christie’s here. Described as “treasured heirlooms”, the auction house has announced that the online sale will take place between June 11 and 18 with prices ranging from 1,000 pounds to 12,000 pounds. “This ‘Important Private Collection of Kashmir Shawls’ is perhaps the most significant collection of shawls ever to be offered at auction. Dating back from the 17th to the late 19th century, these hand-woven, decorated Kashmir shawls were created as items of luxury,” Christie’s said in a statement. “Traditionally worn by men and women, these treasured heirlooms were handed down in the family for generations, prized for the very fine quality of wool used and t...
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Apr162019 by News DeskNo Comments

SIkh Youth From Kashmir Releases his Song ‘Panun Kashmir’

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April 16 A Kashmiri sikh singer from Tral area of South Kashmir, has released his latest Kashmiri song, on Monday. The song titled as “Panun Kashmir” is Kashmiri based, which is sung at famous tourist resort Pahalgam, by emerging singer of South Kashmir, Gurdeep Singh alias Deep Singer and is being released in the second week of April, 2019. Gurdeep, hails from Begund village of Chandrigam in Tral, who besides his daily work, use to sing Punjabi as well as Kashmiri songs, in and outside the state, from last few years. He has sung beautiful Punjabi and Kashmiri songs so far and has received many awards and appreciations for his best performances, particularly in Kashmir and Punjab. After getting “good responses” to his songs from the people, he has decided to sing “Panun Kash...
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Apr62019 by Qazi ShibliNo Comments
Meet Azmat Ali- Woman with a Mission to Save Kashmiri Culture

Meet Azmat Ali- Woman with a Mission to Save Kashmiri Culture

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A Kashmir with abundant resources, where you simply scatter seeds and harvest fruit, and everybody is a friend and a welcome guest. A place where stories are told under the stars and songs are sung around the fire, where wisdom passed on to robust, hopeful young people. That is the Kashmir, Azmat Ali Mir is trying to capture and preserve for generations to come. A mission-minded woman, Azmat Ali Mir recently organized a grand Kashmiri cultural event 'Koshur Saal' thousands of miles away from Kashmir. In her childhood days, she was moved to respond to the suffering and poverty she witnessed around her in Kashmir. With the profit garnered from the grand event at Bangalore, Azmat strives to carry on the mission to serve the poor, sick and uneducated - especially craftsmen, children to help...
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Mar312019 by News DeskNo Comments

“Afsoos Duniya,” Rajab Hamid- The Shakespeare and Minstrel of Tral

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March 31 Nawaz Ibn Ahad فسوس دنیا کانسئ نا لوءگ سمسار سیتی۔ پتو لاکن وچھتہ کم کم مزار واتیء۔۔ (Alas! This world is never there to last, Behold! How all the Great Men finally landed at the Graveyard) ‘All year round the lover is mad, unkempt, lovesick and in disgrace. Without love there is nothing but grief. In love.. what else matters? The Sufi poets combined a rare combination of lyrical eloquence with a profound mystical revelation. There words are timeless, appealing to the hearts of those aspiring for truth and beauty. Sufism is the mystical branch of Islam. It has its roots in the Qu’ran and the Islamic tradition, but at the same times encompasses the universal mysticism that we see in other spiritual traditions. The essence of Sufism is the simple path of loving God. The S...
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Mar312019 by News DeskNo Comments

Kashmir- After a Winter of Discontent, Spring Arrives with New Hopes

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March 31 Sajad Hameed As flowers bloom and birds set their flights, trees and gardens return to bloom after a harsh winter which also witnessed anger and discontent in Kashmir, with a surge in killings, stone throwing, bans and arrests, people in Kashmir always have linked peace to Spring, however almost every year, the hope seems to be lessening as Kashmir continues to witness bloodshed. The Kashmiriyat brings to you the first images from the Kashmir valley from 2019's spring as it makes entry into the Kashmir valley.  If there be a paradise on the Earth, it is this, it is this, it is this... Kashmir's beauty is particularly enhanced during the spring season.  
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Mar162019 by News DeskNo Comments

Kashmir Continues its Tradition of Remembering Sufi Saints, Urs of Syed Simnaniya Observed in Achabal

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March 16 Waris Shah People irrespective of religious, cultural, economic and social borders on Friday thronged the Khanqah of revered Sufi Saint in Achabal area of Islamabad (Anantnag) district on Friday to remember the Sufi saint who spread the message of love and communal harmony in the area. Devotees from various areas of Southern Kashmir which included men, women, children and elderly participated in the Friday congregational prayers and in unison prayed for those killed in the New Zealand terrorist attack on Friday. Reciting Quranic verses followed by special prayer meeting, many Islamic scholars threw light on the life and achievements of Hazrat Syed Simnani (RA), who was a 13th century Sufi scholar, revered by both Muslims and Hindus of that time.buy cialis sublingual on...
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Mar92019 by News DeskNo Comments

Workshop Organized in Achabal to Encourage Handicrafts

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March 09 Waris Shah To encourage the local youth to take up handicrafts manufacturing as a profession, Handicrafts Department Saturday organized an awareness cum sale camp at Town Hall Achabal. Additional District Development Commissioner Islamabad,was the Chief Guest on the occasion.The awareness programme was also attended by A D Handicrafts,besides number of artisans and local people. Speaking on the occasion, Additional District Development Commissioner stressed on a collaborative approach for the linking of flagship livelihood schemes like Hunnar and UMEED with the handicraft department. He said that concerned departments should take full advantage of schemes and provide livelihood opportunities to the artisans. He said that the provision of SHGs in UMEED scheme provides girls ...
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Mar42019 by News DeskNo Comments
Assaulted by mob in UP, Younis joins local Muslims volunteering to construct decades old temple in Pulwama

Assaulted by mob in UP, Younis joins local Muslims volunteering to construct decades old temple in Pulwama

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March 04 Last month, Mohammed Younis was among the two Kashmiri dry fruit vendors brutally assaulted by a right-wing mob for his Kashmiri identity in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow. Today Younis unsettled 50-year-old Mohammad Younis, who is a resident of Pulwama is volunteering for the construction of a temple in his village in this south Kashmir district. The Muslim residents of Acchan in Pulwama for the past few weeks have been busy renovating an old Shiv temple in the locality. Sanjay Sharma who is a member of the only Pandit family in the area speaking to The Kashmiriyat said, "In our village, we all have grown up together in harmony. We live together and there has never been any incident of violence in Acchan. Earlier there were four families left here, But now we are the only Pandi...
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Mar42019 by News DeskNo Comments

Herath- Centuries Old Kashmiri Hindu Festival Observed with Socio- Religious Fervour

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March 04 Like other parts of the country, Maha Shivratri was celebrated across Jammu Kashmir with religious fervour and enthusiasm. The auspicious occasion, which is celebrated to mark mythological marriage of Lord Shiva with Goddess Parvati, witnessed prayers in temples with devotees offering water on Shiv lingam, taking out religious processions and organizing of Langars etc.  There was heavy rush of devotees in all the prominent Shiv temples. People from different age groups, including children, young and elders, thronged the Shiv temples for paying obeisance and offering water mixed with milk on the holy Shivlingam. The devotees especially offered Bael and Bael Patri (Golden Apple and its leaves) to Lord Shiva while chanting ‘Om Namah Shivaya’. All the Shiv temples were well decora...
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