Beautiful Alpine scenery from a public park of a river frozen in it's tracks on the mountain slope in Pahalgam in Kashmir, India. In the foreground is the Lidder River, which runs through Pahalgam. Pahalgam is located in the Lidder Valley, which is part of the Great Himalayan range. The Lidder or Liddar River is a 73 km long river situated in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It originates from the Kolahoi Glacier and feeds the Jhelum River in Mirgund Khanabal, at an altitude of 1,615 mtr above sea level. Lidder is a corruption of the local Sanskrit name Lambodari meaning long bellied goddess. Notes and more pictures about Pahalgam appear elsewhere in this album. (Pahalgam, Kashmir, India, Apr/ May 2024)

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