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The Tradition of Kashmiri Shawl Weaving
The Kashmiri shawl arrived in Europe as a luxury object in the late eighteenth century, carried west by the officers of the...
Kashmir sits in the northernmost part of the Indian subcontinent, cradled by the Himalayas and the Pir Panjal range.
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The Kashmiri shawl arrived in Europe as a luxury object in the late eighteenth century, carried west by the officers of the...
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Dal Lake covers roughly 18 square kilometres in the heart of Srinagar, though decades of encroachment and siltation have...
Food & Cuisine
The word wazwan is a compound of two Persian-derived terms: waza, meaning cook, and wan, meaning shop or establishment.
Travel
Kashmir offers three distinct trekking environments. The valley floor and its immediate surroundings provide accessible walks...
Culture
Kashmiri papier-mache is known locally as kar-i-kalamdani, which translates roughly as the work of the pen case, a reference to...
Lifestyle
Srinagar's craft industry is centuries old and genuinely extraordinary.
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