Kashmir and Kashmiri

09/09/2024

Built on top of the Zabarwan mountain range, Pari Mahal offers a great view of Srinagar and is easily accessible by vehicles.

09/09/2024

A man paddles his boat along the weed-covered interiors of Nigeen Lake in Srinagar

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Women collecting the Lotus Leaves (Khali weather) in Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir





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Dal Lake Kashmir

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Pahalgam

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Protected forestland of Overa-Aru National Park.

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A typical Kashmir welcome - cookies and saffron tea with crushed almonds.

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Srinagar’s beautiful Shalimar Bagh, a garden built by the Mogul emperor Jahangir for his wife in 1619.

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One of Kashmir’s most famous artistic traditions is its painstakingly detailed papier-mâché work.

09/09/2024

Shah Hamdan Mosque in Srinagar: the aesthetics influence of both Nepal and India is evident in Kashmir’s architecture and design.

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A master embroiderer at Beigh, in Srinagar. He’ll work on this one shawl for at least two years.

04/07/2024

Aliabad Sarai Mughal Road Shopian

04/07/2024

Mohra Power Project

Built 117 years ago by the Dogra ruler, Pratap Singh, in the undivided J&K, the Mohra hydroelectric project in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district near the Line of Control (LOC) is set to be showcased as a masterpiece of architecture of yester years. Mohra made Srinagar the second city in the Indian sub-continent to be electrified during that era.

The project, a run-off river scheme was constructed in 1905 on river Jhelum at Boniyar, 35 km downstream of Baramulla, with an installed capacity of 4 MW, later enhanced to 9 MW. It was constructed against the most challenging topography by constructing an 11 km long wooden flume (artificial channel) to carry water to run the turbines and generate electricity.

Electric supply from Mohra reshaped the lifestyle in Kashmir and was also used for heating the water basins in the silk factory and running the reeling machines. The project was damaged by Pakistani raiders in October 1947 after which it was made operational in 1955 but was again badly damaged in the floods of July 1959.


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