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Kashmir's Saffron Season Begins: Why Pampore Is Known As India's Saffron Capital

Kashmir's Saffron Season Begins: Why Pampore Is Known As India's Saffron Capital
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The annual saffron harvest season has begun in Pampore and its adjoining villages in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, as farmers gather in the early morning to pluck delicate saffron flowers before separating the precious red stigmas that are later dried to produce the world's most expensive spi...

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