{"id":11791,"date":"2026-02-09T19:53:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=11791"},"modified":"2026-02-09T19:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:53:32","slug":"kashmirs-natural-beauty-has-left-me-spellbound-sl-cricketer-thisara-perera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/kashmirs-natural-beauty-has-left-me-spellbound-sl-cricketer-thisara-perera\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir\u2019s natural beauty has left me spellbound: SL cricketer Thisara Perera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Visits Pahalgam, shares glimpses of his visit on social media\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pahalgam, Feb 09: Famous Sri Lankan cricketer, Thisara Perera, who recently visited Pahalgam in South Kashmir, has said that Kashmir\u2019s breathtaking natural beauty left him and his friends spellbound.<\/p>\n<p>Perera, as per news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer KNO, while sharing thoughts about his visit said, \u201cKashmir\u2019s breathtaking natural beauty left me and others spell bound. I will never forget serene landscapes and warm hospitality of the local people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that this is an awesome feeling here to be in Pahalgam. \u201cThis is my second visit to Kashmir and we really enjoyed it here,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThis kind of weather isn&#8217;t available in Sri Lanka so we decided to stay in Kashmir for a few nights,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEntire Kashmir is very beautiful but Pahalgam is more beautiful and as a foreigner I am very happy to visit again and again,\u201d he said while urging others to visit Pahalgam.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kashmir made us fall in love all over again so we came back&#8221; he posted on social media while sharing his moments spent here.<\/p>\n<p>On way to Pahalgam, he took photographs with his fans and locals at different places.<\/p>\n<p>Local residents and tourism stakeholders welcomed the visit saying that such a high profile cricketer visiting Kashmir sends a positive message to the world and helps boost tourism in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Perera&#8217;s visit will definitely send a positive message and we hope it will help to take the tourist rush to peak again,&#8221; said Zakir Ahmad a hotelier. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visits Pahalgam, shares glimpses of his visit on social media\u00a0\u00a0 Pahalgam, Feb 09: Famous Sri Lankan cricketer, Thisara Perera, who recently visited Pahalgam in South Kashmir, has said that Kashmir\u2019s breathtaking natural beauty left him and his friends spellbound. Perera, as per news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer KNO, while sharing thoughts about his visit said, \u201cKashmir\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11793,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11791\/revisions\/11793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}