User:UMAGPR/St.Mary's Church Gulmarg, Kashmir

Saint Mary’s Church is located at an altitude of 8,530 feet in the valley of Shepherds in Gulmarg It was built in 1902, during the period of British rule, and was constructed in a British style. Made of grey brick with a green roof and decorated wooden interior walls, it has been described as a "Victorian architectural wonder".

In 1920 the church saw the wedding of the brother of Bruce Bairnsfather, Miss Eleanor Hardy Tipping married Capt. T. D. Bairnsfather, with newspapers describing the church as "very prettily decorated" and with the service conducted by Rev Canon Buckwell in the presence of both organ and a full choir.

St Mary's was closed for years, but was renovated and

reopened in 2003, holding its first Christmas service there for 14 years. The church belongs to the Diocese of Amritsar, Church Of North India.