5/5 J N. 6 months ago on Google
The
name
"Doodhpathri"
means
"Valley
of
Milk."
It
is
said
that
the
famous
poet
and
saint
of
Kashmir,
"Sheikh-Ul-Aalam"
Sheikh-
Noor-Ud-Din
Noorani,
has
prayed
here,
and
once,
when
he
was
in
search
of
water
in
the
meadows
to
offer
prayers,
he
pricked
the
ground
with
his
stick
to
search
for
water,
and
milk
came
out.
He
told
the
milk
that
it
could
only
be
used
for
drinking
and
not
for
ablution.
Hearing
this,
milk
at
once
changed
its
state
to
water,
and
the
meadow
got
its
name
"Doodhpathri".
The
water
that
is
currently
flowing
through
the
meadows
has
a
milky
appearance
from
a
distance
and
remains
very
cold
throughout
the
year.
The
lush
green
grasses
over
the
vast
meadows
and
silver-shining
streams
running
over
the
large
stones
further
increase
its
beauty.
Doodhpathri
is
a
sloping
grassy
landscape
with
a
diversity
of
multicolored
flowers
up
to
Chang.
The
famous
Tosamaidan
lies
to
the
west
of
Doodhpathri.
Doodhpathri
lies
in
a
bowl
shaped
valley
in
the
Pir
Panjal
Range
of
the
Himalayas,
at
an
altitude
of
2,730
metres
(8,960
ft)
above
sea
level.
It
is
an
alpine
valley
covered
with
snow-clad
mountains
and
meadows
of
pine,
fir
and
deodar.
The
natural
meadows,
which
are
covered
with
snow
in
winter,
allow
the
growth
of
wild
flowers
such
as
daisies,
forget-me-nots,
and
buttercups
during
spring
and
summer.....
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