A boat, popularly known as Shikara ride in Dal in Srinagar, the summer capital of indian kashmir. Dal-lake is most beautiful lake in Srinagar.Surrounded by snow clad mountains and crystal clear waters the Dal lake attracts scores of foreign tourits.Every year people across the globe come here and enjoy the natural beauty.Kashmir is famous for its natural beauty with enchanting valleys, limpid lakes, cascading rivers, trekking in mountains and a wide variety of animals and plants. Kashmir is considered a paradise for trekkers.Photo by Mehraj Mir.
Kashmiri rows Shikara, a small boat in Dal Lake on a foggy day in Srinagar, the summer capital of indian kashmir on Wednesday , Nov. 28, 2007. Kashmir Valley continues to reel under intense cold wave for the past few days.
Leaves of a Chinar tree at the famous Naseem Bagh Park on the banks of Dallake in Srinagar, summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir. Tourists flock to Kashmir during the autumn when the leaves of the Chinar trees turn blazing red and the entire landscape presents an altogether different look.
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Indian Kashmiri pilgrims walk ahead of their departure for the Hajj annual pilgrimage to Mecca at the Hajj house in Srinagar 11 November 2007. A first batch of 212 Kashmiri pilgrims set off for the annual pilgrimage, as Indian authorities said 08 November they had barred 300 Kashmiri Muslims from making this year's annual Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia because they allegedly had ties to rebels.
Relatives of disappeared persons take part in a silent sit-in demonstration in Srinagar, 10 November 2007, to protest against the disappearance of thousands of Indian Kashmiris since the start of an insurgency some 14 years ago, and organised by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP). Human Rights Watch (HRW) has estimated that about 8,000 people have gone missing in enforced disappearance in Indian Kashmir over the period while the government said 3,900 have disappeared.
Relatives of disappeared persons take part in a silent sit-in demonstration in Srinagar, 10 November 2007, to protest against the disappearance of thousands of Indian Kashmiris since the start of an insurgency some 14 years ago, and organised by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP). Human Rights Watch (HRW) has estimated that about 8,000 people have gone missing in enforced disappearance in Indian Kashmir over the period while the government said 3,900 have disappeared.
An Indian policemen take position during a 30 hours long gunbattle between separatist militants and Indian army soldiers in Sopore, some 50 kms north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 09 November 2007. Indian troops have besieged a hotel in Indian Kashmir where at least two separatist militants barricaded themselves in after attacking a paramilitary camp, officials said.
Indian Kashmiri farmers collect saffron from their fields at Pampore on the outskirts of Srinagar, 31 October 2007, as the season of cultivation of the prized crop began in the valley. Many historians believe that it was in this region that the cultivation of the purple Crocus Sativus saffron flower first began, although it is impossible to be sure where its origins lie.
Kashmiri farmer collects saffron at Pampore on the outskirts of Srinagar, 31 October 2007, as the season of cultivation of the prized crop began in the valley. Many historians believe that it was in this region that the cultivation of the purple Crocus Sativus saffron flower first began, although it is impossible to be sure where its origins lie.