An overview of Thajiwas Glacier in Sonamarg, Kashmir. Locals call it ‘Hazaron saal ki barf’ (thousands of years of snow)
Riyaz Ahmad holds a yak while waiting for tourists to offer them rides and take photographs with it. Riyaz explains that his owner has purchased the yak from Ladakh two years ago to attract tourists to the Thajwas area of Sonamarg.
Photographers wait for tourists, displaying Kashmiri traditional outfit for them to be photographed in near the Thajiwas Glacier in Sonamarg, Kashmir.
Abdul Rashid Chopan, a sheep herder, poses for a picture near his shack at Thajwas in Sonamarg, Kashmir.
A tourist poses for a picture on a rock near the Thajiwas Glacier in Sonamarg, Kashmir.
Ghulam Rasool Khan and his fellow tourist helpers rest in the afternoon after their day’s work at the foothills of Thajwas Glacier, Sonamarg, Kashmir.
Horses rest in the midst of Thajwas meadows in Sonamarg, Kashmir.
One of the construction sites where the concrete blocks are being made for Zojila tunnel in the meadows of Sonamarg, Kashmir.
A flyover bridge is being constructed on the way to Zojila Pass in the meadows of Sonamarg in Kashmir.
Workers walk past a parking area where motor vehicles of Amarnath pilgrims are parked near the Baltal area of Sonamarg, Kashmir.
