Rekindling the magic of Kashmir's saffron tale

Saffron fields are aglow with their priceless purple blooms, bringing a whiff of a 500-year-old romance between a royal horseman and a wandering beauty that blossomed amid the hills of south Kashmir. But for saffron growers, regaining the state's lost glory in saffron cultivation is no easy task.
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