(Pic on the left: @saminaandsophiyakhan ... And as I looked out of the window, I saw art everywhere - in the tan-coloured chinar leaves, the carpets hanging outside the shops, embroideries ...

Much like the land itself, the Chinar is both steadfast and poetic, shedding its leaves only to be reborn ... Some stories are best told in words, others in images. The most powerful ones do ...

The chinar is an iconic symbol of the Kashmir valley's landscape and a major tourist draw, especially in autumn when the trees' leaves light up in fiery hues of flaming red to a warm auburn.

It seems as if someone has brushed the valley with magical colours. IMAGE: Students walk over fallen Chinar leaves which have changed their colour this season at the Kashmir university campus in ...

SRINAGAR:The mighty chinars at Naseem Bagh the University of Kashmir hold beauty in all seasons but their grace increases manifolds in autumn when their leaves spread like a crimson blanket all ...