Different shades of Kashmir

Devotees pray as the head priest displays a relic of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani outside his shrine in Srinagar.Photos AP

Children play on a field in Srinagar.

A boatman waits for customer on the Dal Lake in Srinagar.

A woman rows her boat as migratory birds move on the water surface on the Dal Lake in Srinagar.

Kashmiri devotees pray early morning as the head priest displays a relic of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani outside his shrine in Srinagar.

A devotee weeps as she prays outside the shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani in Srinagar. Thousands of devotees Sunday thronged the shrine which houses a relic of the saint to mark his Urs or yearly commemoration.

Kashmiri children play in the snow after fresh snowfall on the outskirts of Srinagar.

A homeless man anticipating alms sits in the open on a cold and wet morning in Srinagar.

Kashmiri boatmen row their boats on a cold morning at Dal Lake in Srinagar.

A milk supplier rides on his bicycle on a cold morning in Srinagar. A cold spell tightened its grip on the Kashmir Valley with widespread snowfall in the hilly areas.

Kashmiri vegetable seller sit on a road side as they wait for customers on a cold morning in Srinagar.

Stranded trucks wait for the Jammu Srinagar highway to reopen on the outskirts of Jammu.

A leopard walks in its snow covered enclosure at the Dachigam National Park on the outskirts of Srinagar.

A Himalayan Langur looks for food after a snowfall at the Dachigam National Park on the outskirts of Srinagar.

Truck drivers react to the camera while they rest near stranded vehicles as they wait for the Jammu Srinagar highway to reopen on the outskirts of Jammu. Most parts of Kashmir Valley received snowfall blocking the road linking Jammu and Srinagar, the winer and summer capitals respectively of Indian Kashmir due to bad weather.

Stranded passengers prepare meals outside a ticket counter as they wait at a bus station for the reopening of the Jammu Srinagar highway in Jammu.

A Kashmiri man rides a bicycle as fresh snow falls in Srinagar. The snowfall continuing across the valley is disrupting air and road traffic between Srinagar and Jammu, the summer and winter capitals of India's Jammu Kashmir state.