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The shikara is a type of wooden boat found on Dal Lake and other water bodies of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. Shikaras are of various sizes and are used for multiple purposes, including transportation. A usual shikara seats six people, with the driver paddling at the rear. Like the Venetian gondolas, they are a cultural symbol of Kashmir ...
A shikara is a small paddled taxi boat, often about 15 feet (4.6 m) long) and made of wood with a canopy and a spade shaped bottom. It is a cultural symbol of the Kashmir valley, used not only for ferrying visitors but also for the vending of fruits, vegetables and flowers; for fishing and for harvesting aquatic vegetation. [42]
Houseboat on Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir. Unlike their counterparts in Kerala, the houseboats in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir — the northernmost state of India — are usually stationary, generally moored at the edges of Dal Lake and Nageen Lake. Some houseboats there were built in the early 1900s and are still being rented out to tourists.
It is located near Bandipora town in the Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. [4] The lake basin was formed as a result of tectonic activity and is fed by the Jhelum River and stream Madhumati and Arin. The lake's size varies seasonally from 30 to 189 square kilometres.
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Shikhara can be classified into three main forms: [6]. Latina.The latina shikhara has four faces, which may include projections or ratha within each face. All the elements run smoothly up the face in a curve.
Political map of Kashmir. Kashmir (/ ˈ k æ ʃ m ɪər / KASH-meer or / k æ ʃ ˈ m ɪər / kash-MEER) is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range.
Gadsar in Kashmiri means the lake of fishes, a natural habitat of trout and other types of fishes [4] among of which is the brown trout. [5] Yemsar means Lake of Yama . [ 6 ] The lake freezes in the month of November to April and is mostly covered by snow during these months, the floating ice bergs are seen even in summer.