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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 ...
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 ...
The security concerns near the Line of Control have reduced since 2002, which has led to an increase in skiing activity in the region. [2] Some of the most popular skiing locations in India are Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir, Solang in Himachal Pradesh and Auli in Uttarakhand. The skiing season in India is from January to March.
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]
Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG) are the national level multidisciplinary grassroot winter games of India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Events include skiing , alpine skiing , nordic skiing , snow rugby , Ice stock sport , snow baseball , mountaineering , snowshoe running , ice hockey , figure skating and speed skating . [ 3 ]
Locally, Our Lady of Snow is known as Panimatha (Tamil: பனிமாதா). Panimatha is a Tamil word. In Tamil 'Pani (பனி)' means 'Snow' and 'Matha (மாதா)' means 'Mother'. Every year, the annual feast of Our Lady of Snow is celebrated from 27 July to 5 August. The feast starts with a flag hoisting ceremony on 27 July in the ...
Yusmarg in Kashmiri translates to The Meadow of Jesus. [5] Although there is no historical or archeological record, it is said to have been visited by Jesus. [6] [7] It is an alpine valley covered with snow clad mountains and the meadows of Pine and Fir.
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.