Sharadha Tirtha
Sharadha Tirtha Or Sharada Peeth Sharada Peeth – is a ruined Hindu temple and ancient centre of learning located in present-day Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Between the 6th and…
Pir Pandit Padshah
Pir Pandit Padshah Or Peer Pandit Padshah “The Puff That Kindled The Divine Spark In Him” Rishi Pir Pandit was one of the greatest saints of Kashmir of the 17th…
Shankaracharya Temple
Shankaracharya Temple Shankaracharya is a detached ridge of igneous rock to the southeast of Srinagar, separated from the Shilamar Range by the Aita Gaj Gap. The summit of the hill…
Parvez Ghulam Rasool Zargar
He is an Indian cricketer born on February 13,1989 who plays all-rounder for Jammu and Kashmir. He is aright-handed batsman and off break bowler. Rasool is the captain of Jammu…
Mirwaiz Muhammad Omar Farooq
Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq (born 23 March 1973) is the Mirwaiz of Kashmir. He is the chairman of the Awami Action Committee, one of the two key factions of the…
Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
( B Dec. 5, 1905, Soura, near Srinagar, Kashmir, India d. Sept. 8, 1982, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir ) By name LION OF KASHMIR, a prominent figure in India’s struggle…
Gulam Ahmad Mehjoor
The revolutionary poet Mehjoor, . Ghulam Ahmad Mehjoor popularly known as Shair-e-Kashmir (the poet of Kashmir) was born at Mitrigam, Pulwama on Ist August, 1887. He is considered herald of…
Shaheed Maqbool Bhat
Maqbool Butt was born on 18th February 1938 to a peasant family in Trahagam village Tehsil Handwara, district Kupwara. His father was called Ghulam Qadar Butt. All we know about…
Lalla Arifa
Lalla Arifa is seen as a blend of Hindu-Muslim amalgamation. The Hindus regard her the reincarnate whereas the Muslims, a perfect mystic saint. The Hindus say that her name was…
Habba Khatoon
Habba Khatoon was a 16th century Kashmiri mystic-poet and ascetic, who is also known as “Nightingale of Kashmir’. She was born in the small village Chandrahar just outside Samboora in…