Masrat Mukhtar touched the gold earrings her father gave her on her last birthday. She wore them on the second day of Eid al-Fitr, walked through Budgam in central Kashmir, and placed them on the donation table.
The volunteers accepted the jewellery with solemn nods. Her cousins followed, each bearing something precious.
This scene played out across the Kashmir Valley on the day marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Families arrived with copper utensils, savings, and livestock. Children emptied their piggy banks, while business owners gave a share of their earnings.
The donations were for Iran, which has been engulfed in more than three weeks of ongoing war with the United States and Israel that has left more than 1,500 of its civilians dead.
