Yusmarg
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Yusmarg or Yousmarg (; ; ) is a hill station in the western part of the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated 43 km from Budgam town and south of Srinagar, the summer capital of the state.
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- Yousmarg
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- The Meadow of Jesus
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- Hill station
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- View of Yusmarg in Budgam district (J&K)
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- Location in Jammu & Kashmir, India
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- Union Territory
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- Jammu and Kashmir
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- District
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- Budgam
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- 2396
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- hill station
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Budgam district
- Elevation
- 2396
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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- Yousmarg.jpg
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- Kashmiri
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Yusmarg or Yousmarg (; ; ) is a hill station in the western part of the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated 43 km from Budgam town and south of Srinagar, the summer capital of the state.
==Geography== Yusmarg in Kashmiri translates to The Meadow of Jesus. Although there is no historical or archeological record, it is said to have been visited by Jesus. It is an alpine valley covered with snow-clad mountains and the meadows of Pine and Fir. It lies south of Charari Sharief, a town in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated at the bank of the Doodganga River, which is a tributary of the Jehlum River. It is located in the Pir Panjal peaks, a sub-range of the Himalaya. The Peaks are: the Sunset Peak and the Trattekoot Peak, for which the expeditions lead from this hill station. It lies at an altitude of above sea level.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yusmarg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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