Speaking Tree Of Kashmir.

Hi Steemians.
I would like to Share some photos of Chinar tree, with different Colors in different seasons. Hope you all like it.

CHINAR

First let me introduce all of you to this very popular tree of Kashmir, Chinar..!!

In Kashmir, the chinar tree is so closely identified with the land that as soon as you think of monumental architecture, the chinar automatically comes to mind.

It’s not the Chinar during the summer, when it is all green, that draws the crowds, but the Chinar during autumn.

For that is when its leaves acquire varied colourful hues — of blood-red, mauve, amber and yellow — in a short period of time,
somewhere around October end, and remain that way till the end of November.
Walk around Srinagar during this season and you can find Chinar leaves, in different bright colours, twisted and curled by the vagaries of the summer.

The shedding of Chinar leaves, locally known as Buen, marks the onset of autumn and sets off a process of change in the Valley every year, with people wearing woollens and changing their food habits to suit the weather.!!

In fact, Kashmir’s separatist struggle continues to draw its motivation from poet Sir Muhammad Iqbal's famous couplet, which was influenced by the Chinar:

' Jis khaak ke zameer me hai aatish-e-chinar,

Mumkin nahi ki sard ho woh khaak-e-arjumand '

(The dust that carries in its conscience the fire of the Chinar, It is impossible for that celestial dust to cool down).

Thank you :)

References
http://www.thehindu.com/thread/reflections/article7892357.ece
http://marryamhreshii.com/the-chinar-tree-on-the-landscape-of-kashmir/

Images
https://goo.gl/images/X6DKam
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