The Heavy Tread of Faith: Amarnath Yatra and the Occupation of Kashmir

Altaf Hussain Wani Every summer, the Himalayan cave shrine of Amarnath draws hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims to the Indian illegally occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIoJK). For centuries, this journey was a testament to the region’s syncretic culture—facilitated by Muslim shepherds, most notably the Malik family of Pahalgam, who discovered the cave and traditionally

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