कश्मीर की इस जगह को कभी नहीं भुला पाओगे| Chatpal Kashmir|Chatpal- Kashmir Offbeat Places

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10 Lesser Known Places to Visit in Kashmir
Looking for an escape from the hum-drum of city or work life and you desire to rest your mind at a non-tourist infested place then, take a break and plan a trip Chatpal in South Kashmir. Trust us, it would be perfect dream location with lush green forests, lofty mountains wearing the rings of cloud which in evenings are washed by crimson red sun, limpid springs with milky white water gushing down the mountainous terrain. It is located in the Shangus district. If you rent a car form Srinagar it takes you 3 hours to reach here. Tourists take the Anantnag-Chitergul road to reach the destination. Also people share jeep from Achabal that drops travellers to Chitergul. From Chitergul, tourists can hire a special jeep in order to reach Chatpal which takes 1 hour. The more jaunty and adventurous kind can go for a trek also. There are private tour planners that can help you in planning the trip. Although there are no hotel or guest houses but there is government accommodation bungalow. Few tourist stay in Achabal or Kokernag where there are more options for accommodation. Trip to this place will surely rekindle your spirits.

Nearby places to visit from Chatpal are Aharbal waterfall, Sonmarg, Lolab valley, Gulmarg , Martand temple and Kishtawar National Park.

Chatpal was an unknown name on the itinerary, none of us knew nothing about this place except that it was situated 3 hours away from Srinagar, and no one goes there.

We alighted at Jammu railway station at 3:30 AM, making our ways through the sleeping passengers on the platform, towards the waiting room. However, a peak into the waiting room made us settle for the benches outside. Sleep was miles away from our eyes, midst the excitement about the journey to start. We were about to be on the road for the next one month, and the cameras had already started emerging from the bag, to capture the moments as they happened.

Half an hour later, as we were busy observing the dull proceedings at the railway station, with our eyes following a solitary shunting locomotive, Altamash bhai waved at us to start moving towards the exit. Altamash had joined us as the financial manager for the trip.
The lush green mountains, coupled with clear blue skies were ensuring a fantastic roadtrip, as we saw small waterfalls on the way, tributaries joining Chenab and then by one of those tributaries we travelled till Banihal.

Now personally, I wanted to visit Banihal and check out the railway station, watch trains running in Kashmir valley. Now while I wasn’t able to visit the station, but when everyone was having lunch, I walked towards a clearing and saw the red-white-blue DMU coaches of a train arriving from Srinagar, emerging out of the Banihal tunnel, and then moving through a grassland, as some goats were grazing by the tracks.

Jammu and Kashmir (/ˈdʒæmuː ənd ˌkæʃˈmɪər, ˈdʒʌ-, ˈkæʃmɪər/ (About this sound listen)[2]) is a state in northern India, often denoted by the acronym J&K. It is located mostly in the Himalayan mountains, and shares borders with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south. Jammu and Kashmir has an international border with China in the north and east, and the Line of Control separates it from the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in the west and northwest respectively. The state has special autonomy under Article 370 of the Constitution of India.[3][4]

A part of the erstwhile Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu, the region is the subject of a territorial conflict among China, India and Pakistan. The western districts of the former princely state known as Azad Kashmir and the northern territories known as Gilgit-Baltistan have been under Pakistani control since 1947. The Aksai Chin region in the east, bordering Tibet, has been under Chinese control since 1962.[note 1]

Jammu and Kashmir consist of three regions: Jammu, the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh. Srinagar is the summer capital, and Jammu is the winter capital. Jammu and Kashmir is the only state in India with a Muslim-majority population.[11] The Kashmir valley is famous for its beautiful mountainous landscape, and Jammu's numerous shrines attract tens of thousands of Hindu pilgrims every year. Ladakh, also known as "Little Tibet", is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and Buddhist culture.

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