Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Dal Lake |
Early evening |
Shikaras |
Lake vista |
Water lily |
Women on the lake |
Back channel |
Pleasure ride |
Lake vista |
Lake vista |
Houseboats on Nigeen |
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Mirrorwork |
A houseboat |
"Texas" houseboat |
Women rowing |
Pari Mahal (more) |
Built by Dara-Shikoh |
Terraced arched garden |
Dates from 17th cent. |
Visitors |
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Chashme Shahi |
Built in 1632 |
Named after a spring |
"The Royal Spring" |
Persian inspiration |
Terraced garden |
Overlooking Dal lake |
Visitor |
Nishat Bagh |
Terraced Mughal garden |
"Garden of Delight" |
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Dal lake in the distance |
Built in 1633 (more) |
Zabarwan mountains behind |
On one of 12 terraces |
Shalimar Garden |
Built by Jahangir |
Dates from 1619 (more) |
Terraced garden |
Marble pavilion (more) |
View from the pavilion (more) |
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Couple posing |
Mughal-era pavilion |
A flautist |
Marble pavilion |
Eid holiday |
A day of celebration |
Boys bathing |
Looking south |
Hazratbal Mosque |
No women allowed in |
Prayer hall and mihrab |
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Dolls and guns |
Srinagar homes |
Hamdania Cricket Club |
Dastgeer Sahib, sufi |
Akhund Mullah Shah |
Shrine of sufi mystic |
Chatti Padshahi |
Inside the gurudwara |
Durrani Fort atop |
Begin by Akbar in 1590 |
Completed in 1808 by |
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Fortifications |
View from above (more) |
Dal lake, Nigeen lake |
Temple and gurudwara |
View from above |
View from above |
View from above (1) |
View from above |
Badamvaer orchard (Info) |
Dates from 16th cent. |
Restored in 2007 (more) |
Amphitheater |
Jamia Masjid (Info) |
Closed this day (more) |
Dates from 1394 (more) |
Built by father of Budshah |
Facing Mecca (more) |
Deodar pillars (more) |
Women's section |
Holds 33,333 people (more) |
Budshah's tomb, dates |
Resting place of Sultan |
Meandering through |
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Mosque and Sufi shrine (more) |
Dates from 1395 (more) |
Rear view |
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Inside view of entrance |
Two boys at the shrine |
Giant fried parathas |
A building in old town |
Dal Lake |
Dal Lake (more) |
Dal Lake (more) |
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Washing a carpet |
Water lily |
Lake vista |
Houseboats in a row |
(more) |
Three women |
Fishermen |
"Massaj man" available |
Dal to Nigeen lake (more) |
Water lilies |
Selling vegetables |
Sunset with fort view |
Our houseboat |
Houseboat living room |
Lounging aboard (more) |
Visitors at Pari Mahal |
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