Kashmir Turns Orange

As winter approaches, the days get shorter and it's the time when the Kashmir Valley turns orange-red.

It seems as if someone has brushed the valley with magical colours.

IMAGE: Students walk over fallen Chinar leaves which have changed their colour this season at the Kashmir university campus in Srinagar. All photographs: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com

IMAGE: A perfect picture for the family album.

IMAGE: Time to freeze the moment.

IMAGE: A walk in Fairyland.

IMAGE: The Mughal Garden, painted in shades of red.

IMAGE: Tourists and locals at the Shalimar Garden and Mughal Garden in Srinagar, here and below.

IMAGE: An elderly man collects fallen Chinar leaves to make charcoal.

Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Rajesh Alva/Rediff.com

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