Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims who believe in Sufism throng...

Kashmiri Muslim women pray on a hilltop outside the shrine of Sakhi Zain-ud-din Wali, a Sufi saint, during an annual torch festival in Aishmuqam, 75 km (47 miles) south of Srinagar April 20, 2008. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims who believe in Sufism throng to the shrine of Wali to celebrate the annual torch festival which symbolises the end of the long winter and the beginning of the new sowing season. Picture taken April 20, 2008.

Kashmiri Muslim men jostle inside the cave shrine of Sakhi Zain-ud-din Wali, a Sufi saint, before the start of an annual torch festival in Aishmuqam, 75 km (47 miles) south of Srinagar April 20, 2008. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims who believe in Sufism throng to the shrine of Wali to celebrate the annual torch festival which symbolises the end of the long winter and the beginning of the new sowing season. Picture taken April 20, 2008.

A Kashmiri man and his children eat snacks on a hilltop before the start of an annual torch festival at the shrine of Sakhi Zain-ud-din Wali, a Sufi saint, in Aishmuqam, 75 km (47 miles) south of Srinagar April 20, 2008. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims who believe in Sufism throng to the shrine of Wali to celebrate the annual torch festival which symbolises the end of the long winter and the beginning of the new sowing season. Picture taken April 20, 2008.

A Kashmiri man bows to enter a cave shrine of Sakhi Zain-ud-din Wali, a Sufi saint, before the start of an annual torch festival in Aishmuqam, 75 km (47 miles) south of Srinagar April 20, 2008. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims who believe in Sufism throng to the shrine of Wali to celebrate the annual torch festival which symbolises the end of the long winter and the beginning of the new sowing season. Picture taken April 20, 2008.

A Kashmiri priest (L) rests as devotees wait in a queue to enter a cave shrine of Sakhi Zain-ud-din Wali, a Sufi saint, before the start of an annual torch festival in Aishmuqam, 75 km (47 miles) south of Srinagar April 20, 2008. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims who believe in Sufism throng to the shrine of Wali to celebrate the annual torch festival which symbolises the end of the long winter and the beginning of the new sowing season. Picture taken April 20, 2008.