Sub-zero temperatures, snow-covered mountains in the backdrop, and Raghu Dixit dressed in a lungi — that’s a scene from the Gulmarg Winter Festival in March this year. This was the first time rock music was being played at the hitherto-government run festival (earlier called the Gulmarg Snow Festival, since 2003) — and most of the band members’ first-ever experience with snow.

Raghu Dixit, lead vocalist and guitarist of Raghu Dixit Project, loves performing in the hills. Earlier this year, he performed at the Gulmarg Winter Festival, in Kashmir. Pic Courtesy/Raghu Dixit