Jhelum Jaguars

Emerging from the deep sapphire spring of Verinag nestled beneath the Pir Panjal range, the Jhelum (sacred Vitasta in the Nilamata Purana) meanders like a sovereign serpent through the heavenly Kashmir Valley. On her historic banks in ancient times (known to Greeks as the Hydaspes), King Porus mounted an epochal defense of Indian pride with towering elephants and unshakeable fortitude.