42 km from Srinagar towards Budgam, Doodh e Pather is yet another bowl shaped valley. Here the vast green carpeted meadows make one feel like rolling over. A flowing river resounds with soft wind passing through the pine trees at the enclosures of the valley. It is a recent discovery in the valley, identified as a new tourist destination by the authorities. The metallic road up to Yarikhak (30Km) passes through the numerous villages of Bugdam, where after a rough stretch of almost 12Km offers a spectacular view of Doode e Pather valley.

It is said that the cattle grazing in the valley of Doode e Pather, produces rich milk in large quantity, for this reason it is called the 'valley of milk' Doode e Pather. This area is also connected to the Gurez valley in the north.

A cup of tea with snack at stalls run by local people during the season at the main meadows could become your most pleasurable drink. A full day tour to Doode e Pather with some packed lunch will definitely be a bonus of your visit to Kashmir .

Places of interest

Muje e Pather is a picturesque sparsely populated village, which also serves as a base camp to the main destination 'Doode e Pather'. The farms and streams make this spot worth stopping at, for a while.

Khan Saheb
The shrine of Hazrat Syed Saleh Khan RA who was born in 11 th century, migrated his family from a place presently in Pakistan over to Kashmir valley and became the disciple of Baba Naseer-ud-Din a prominent seer at the times. Khan Saheb meditated in the cave where the shrine has been built today. Few kilometres from Budgam towm, the shrine falls on the way to Doode e Pather.

Shrine of Shamas Faqir RA
A noted saint and poet of Kashmir, born in 1892 in Chinkra Mahal, Srinagar . Shamas Faqirs has given valuable collection of poems that depicts purity of soul and closeness to almighty. Though he was an illiterate but his poems have become a part of rich Kashmiri literature. One of his famous couplets is:

"Makka madinas bar chi wathiya, nee e latea rouf karan"

"The doors of meccas and madina are wide open, oh my, friend come out and sing."

Shamas Faqir gave up domestic life and used to live and meditate in mountains and far off villages, he died in 1901 near a village in Budgam.