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In 1948, the Indian Army established a ski school in Gulmarg that later became the High Altitude Warfare School, which specialises in snow–craft and winter warfare. [2] It is located in an area which is prone to avalanches. Selected soldiers from the US, UK, Germany and other countries visit regularly for specialist training. [3] [4] [5]
Gulmarg (Urdu pronunciation: [ɡʊlməɾɡ]), known as Gulmarag [4] (Kashmiri pronunciation: [ɡulmarɨɡ]; lit. ' meadow of flowers ') in Kashmiri, is a town, hill station, tourist destination, skiing destination, and a notified area committee in the Indian controlled part of the disputed territory Jammu and Kashmir [5] [6] [7] of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district in the Indian union ...
Gulmarg has more than three acres of ski and snowboarding terrain. The beginner's slopes start at about 7000 feet, while more serious runs of Phase 1 are at 10,000 feet. A chairlift can take ski and snowboard enthusiasts up to 11,500 feet, while Phase 2 is the highest run at 14,000 feet.
This Church has tallest tower among Churches in India with very good engineering structure. this church is maintained by Nadar community of Kalli Kulam. In recent times it became popular because of vision and apparition of Mother Mary. Locally, Our Lady of Snow is known as Panimatha (Tamil: பனிமாதா). Panimatha is a Tamil word.
The Climate of Tamil Nadu, India is generally tropical and features fairly hot temperatures over the year except during the monsoon seasons. The city of Chennai lies on the thermal equator , [ 1 ] which means Chennai and Tamil Nadu does not have that much temperature variation.
Khelo India Winter Games Edition Year Host(s) Participation Sports Gold 1st Team 2nd Team 3rd Team Ref T T T; I 2020 Leh: Gulmarg: 955 athletes (649 men & 306 women) 17 49 Jammu and Kashmir: Services: Uttarakhand [3] [7] 25 February 7–11 March 26 29 21 76 8 6 7 21 5 2 6 13 II 2021 Leh: Gulmarg: 1,375 athletes 14 27 Jammu and Kashmir ...
Founded in 1969, initially IIS&M was started as a Project named Gulmarg Winter Sports Project (GWSP) in order to develop ski resorts of international standard in Gulmarg. Now it has grown into an institute which conducts various adventure courses and corporate activities.
Snow Kingdom is India's largest snow theme park. It occupies 14,000 sq ft (1,300 m 2) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Mumbai, Maharashtra. The park provides sterilised, cold weather clothing to allow visitors to cope with the sub-zero temperature inside. [1] The snow is made by reverse osmosis of water. The prevailing temperature inside the theme ...