As rains lash plains and some upper reaches receive moderate snowfall, a man walks in Srinagar where the golden Chinar leaves seem readying to hug the winter as mercury goes down in Kashmir Valley

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Sikh devotees pray at Gurdwara Chatti Padshahi on Gurupurub on Monday

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Harvesting of Saffron is going on at Pampore karivas (plateaus), famous for growing the best variety of Saffron

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A woman devotee prays at the shrine of great Muslim preacher and saint, Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani (Dastgeer Sahib) on the Friday following the annual Urs (anniversary) of the saint in Srinagar.

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Ahead of the Diwali festival, a Kashmiri Muslim potter makes earthen lamps at his home in the outskirts of Srinagar

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Devotees offer Friday congregational prayers at the Dastageer Sahib Shrine in Srinagar on the occasion of the yearly Urs of the Sufi saint and spiritual leader

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KHWAJA DIGAR

Thousands including women devotees joined afternoon prayers at Ziyarat of Khwaja Naqashband Sahib. This special prayer is known as Khwaja Digar and is offered by thousands from all over Kashmir who assemble at the shrine of the great Sufi saint at Khwaja Bazar Nawhata in Srinagar on his Urs every year. PHOTO’S/Javed Khan Javed Khanthekashmirimages.com
Devotees raise their hands in prayers as the head imam displays the holy relic of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)…

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