Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India


Dal Lake

Dal Lake

Early evening

Early evening

Shikaras

Shikaras

Lake vista

Lake vista

Water lily

Water lily

Women on the lake

Women on the lake

Back channel

Back channel

Pleasure ride

Pleasure ride

Houseboats on Nigeen
Lake (1, 2)

Houseboats on Nigeen
Lake
Houseboats on Nigeen
Lake

Houseboats on Nigeen
Lake

Lake vista

Lake vista

Lake vista

Lake vista

Houseboats on Nigeen
Lake

Houseboats on Nigeen
Lake

Mirrorwork

Mirrorwork

A houseboat

A houseboat

"Texas" houseboat

"Texas" houseboat

Women rowing

Women rowing

Pari Mahal (more)

Pari Mahal

Pari Mahal

Built by Dara-Shikoh

Built by Dara-Shikoh

Terraced arched garden

Terraced arched garden

Dates from 17th cent.

Dates from 17th cent.

Info (more)

Info
Info

Visitors

Visitors

Visitor

Visitor

Valley from Pari Mahal
(1, 2, 3)

Valley from Pari Mahal
Valley from Pari Mahal
Valley from Pari Mahal

Valley from Pari Mahal

Chashme Shahi

Chashme Shahi

Built in 1632

Built in 1632

Named after a spring

Named after a spring

"The Royal Spring"

"The Royal Spring"

Persian inspiration

Persian inspiration

Terraced garden

Terraced garden

Overlooking Dal lake

Overlooking Dal lake

Visitor

Visitor

 

Nishat Bagh

 

Terraced Mughal garden
(more)

Terraced Mughal garden

Terraced Mughal garden

"Garden of Delight"
(more)

"Garden of Delight"

"Garden of Delight"

Boys bathing on Eid
(1, 2)

Boys bathing on Eid
Boys bathing on Eid

Boys bathing on Eid

Dal lake in the distance

Dal lake in the distance

Built in 1633 (more)

Built in 1633

Built in 1633

Zabarwan mountains behind

Zabarwan mountains behind

On one of 12 terraces

On one of 12 terraces

Shalimar Garden

Shalimar Garden

Built by Jahangir

Built by Jahangir

Dates from 1619 (more)

Dates from 1619

Dates from 1619

Terraced garden

Terraced garden

Marble pavilion (more)

Marble pavilion

Marble pavilion

View from the pavilion (more)

View from the pavilion

View from the pavilion

Girls dressed up for Eid (1, 2)

Girls dressed up for Eid
Girls dressed up for Eid

Girls dressed up for Eid

Waterfall (1, 2, 3)

Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall

Waterfall

Couple posing

Couple posing

Mughal-era pavilion

Mughal-era pavilion

A flautist

A flautist

Marble pavilion

Marble pavilion

Eid holiday

Eid holiday

A day of celebration

A day of celebration

Boys bathing

Boys bathing

Looking south

Looking south

Hazratbal Mosque

Hazratbal Mosque

Claims to hold a beard
hair of the Prophet (1, 2)

Claims to hold a beard
hair of the Prophet
Claims to hold a beard
hair of the Prophet

Claims to hold a beard
hair of the Prophet

No women allowed in
main prayer area

No women allowed in
main prayer area

Prayer hall and mihrab

Prayer hall and mihrab

Dolls and guns

Dolls and guns

Srinagar homes

Srinagar homes

Hamdania Cricket Club

Hamdania Cricket Club

Dastgeer Sahib, sufi
shrine of Sheikh Syed
Abdul Qadir Jelani

Dastgeer Sahib, sufi
shrine of Sheikh Syed
Abdul Qadir Jelani

Akhund Mullah Shah
Mosque, built in 17th c.

Akhund Mullah Shah
Mosque, built in 17th c.

Shrine of sufi mystic
Hamza Makhdoom

Shrine of sufi mystic
Hamza Makhdoom

Chatti Padshahi
Gurudwara (more)

Chatti Padshahi
Gurudwara

Chatti Padshahi
Gurudwara

Inside the gurudwara
(more)

Inside the gurudwara

Inside the gurudwara

Hari Parbat, a hill with
a fort (1, 2)

Hari Parbat, a hill with
a fort
Hari Parbat, a hill with
a fort

Hari Parbat, a hill with
a fort

Durrani Fort atop

Durrani Fort atop

Begin by Akbar in 1590

Begin by Akbar in 1590

Completed in 1808 by
Shuja Shah Durrani (more)

Completed in 1808 by
Shuja Shah Durrani

Completed in 1808 by
Shuja Shah Durrani

Fortifications

Fortifications

View from above (more)

View from above

View from above

Dal lake, Nigeen lake

Dal lake, Nigeen lake

Temple and gurudwara
on top of the fort (more)

Temple and gurudwara
on top of the fort

Temple and gurudwara
on top of the fort

View from above

View from above

View from above

View from above

View from above (1)

View from above

View from above

View from above

View from above

Badamvaer orchard (Info)

Badamvaer orchard

Badamvaer orchard

Dates from 16th cent.

Dates from 16th cent.

Restored in 2007 (more)

Restored in 2007

Restored in 2007

 

Amphitheater

 

Jamia Masjid (Info)

Jamia Masjid

Jamia Masjid

Closed this day (more)

Closed this day

Closed this day

Dates from 1394 (more)

Dates from 1394

Dates from 1394

Built by father of Budshah

Built by father of Budshah

Facing Mecca (more)

Facing Mecca

Facing Mecca

Deodar pillars (more)

Deodar pillars

Deodar pillars

Women's section

Women's section

Holds 33,333 people (more)

Holds 33,333 people

Holds 33,333 people

Budshah's tomb, dates
from 15th century

Budshah's tomb, dates
from 15th century

Resting place of Sultan
Zain-Ul-Abidin's mother

Resting place of Sultan
Zain-Ul-Abidin's mother

And quiet flows the
Jhelum (1, 2)

And quiet flows the
Jhelum
And quiet flows the
Jhelum

And quiet flows the
Jhelum

Meandering through
Srinagar's old town (more)

Meandering through
Srinagar's old town

Meandering through
Srinagar's old town

Khanqah Shah-i-Hamadan

Mosque and Sufi shrine (more)

Mosque and Sufi shrine

Mosque and Sufi shrine

Dates from 1395 (more)

Dates from 1395

Dates from 1395

Rear view

Rear view

Inside view of entrance

Inside view of entrance

Two boys at the shrine

Two boys at the shrine

Giant fried parathas

Giant fried parathas

A building in old town

A building in old town

Dal Lake

Dal Lake
Dal Lake

Dal Lake (more)

Dal Lake

Dal Lake

Dal Lake (1, 2)

Dal Lake
Dal Lake

Dal Lake

Dal Lake (more)

Dal Lake

Dal Lake

Washing a carpet

Washing a carpet

Water lily

Water lily

Lake vista

Lake vista

Houseboats in a row

Houseboats in a row

(more)

Three women

Three women

Fishermen

Fishermen

"Massaj man" available

"Massaj man" available

Dal to Nigeen lake (more)

Dal to Nigeen lake

Dal to Nigeen lake

Water lilies

Water lilies

 

Selling vegetables

 

 

Sunset with fort view

 

Our houseboat

Our houseboat

Houseboat living room

Houseboat living room

Lounging aboard (more)

Lounging aboard

Lounging aboard

Visitors at Pari Mahal

Visitors at Pari Mahal

 



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