India, April 26 -- The Mumbai attack targeted India's heart, the commercial centre of India. Pahalgam targeted India's soul. It was designed to undermine the very idea of India, its spiritual traditions, and culture. It was an attack on Sanatan Dharma.

NEW DELHI: Pahalgam, at 2740m, a popular tourist spot famed for its scenic beauty and scintillating weather, is a two-hour drive from Srinagar, heading east along NH 44 and NH 501. Pahalgam is also one of the two routes to reach the holy Amarnath caves, the other being via Baltal. The large number of tourists who thronged Pahalgam on Tuesday, 22 April, was a testament to the return of normalcy in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Indeed, since August 2019, when the special status o...