Security has been beefed up in the famous tourist destination in Kashmir after it experienced a significant influx of tourists, eager to experience the snow.

Umar Ganie captures glimpses of the Snow Games Khelo India that began in snow covered Gulmarg on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.

On February 19, 2024, many parts of the Kashmir valley, including the Gulmarg ski resort, were covered with fresh snow.

Umar Ganie captures tourists enjoying the snow horse cart sculpture in Sonamarg.

Umar Ganie captures tourists frolicking in the snow in Doodhpathri, Budgam district.

The Kashmir Valley received fresh heavy snowfall, February 3, 2024.

A view of the frozen Dal Lake after Srinagar receives much awaited season's first snowfall.

Umar Ganie captures Gulmarg as the town and other higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley receive snow.

The cool temperatures of Kashmir got hotter as the gorgeous Zoya Afroz came down to the Valley to shoot a film.

Umar Ganie captures Amir Hussain Lone, Kashmir's armless cricketer, practicing near his home at Bijbehara in Anantnag district, south Kashmir.

Gulmarg's bare hillsides are a barometer of changing global weather patterns.

The 72-year-old retired police officer, who was the local muezzin, was murdered while he was giving the call for azaan.

On Monday, December 18, 2023, freestyle football champion Agnieszka 'Aguka' Mnich from Poland and German footballer Patrick Bauer performed football tricks in the presence of a huge crowd at the historic Ghanta Ghar at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.

Parts of Dal Lake froze as Srinagar recorded the coldest night of this winter at minus 5.3 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, December 13, 2023.

The scenes in Kashmir, as security is put on high alert after the judgment of Article 370 was passed by the Supreme Court on Monday, December 11, 2023.

The Kashmir valley is facing a shortage of electricity at the beginning of the long winter.

As the night temperature plummeted to below freezing point in many parts of the Kashmir valley including Srinagar, dense fog engulfed the city and other parts.

As winter approaches, the days get shorter and it's the time when the Kashmir Valley turns orange-red.

Tourists bustle about a life-size cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra D Modi at the Ghanta Ghar Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar.

The harvesting season for one of the most expensive spices, Saffron, also referred to as 'Red Gold' has begun in Kashmir.