Dal Lake Houseboats & Village Moments in Old Kashmir Photos
A collection of old photographs showing everyday life and community scenes in Kashmir from the early twentieth century to the 1970s. The pictures include the houseboat Cutty Sark on Dal Lake in Srinagar in 1961 surrounded by dense lotus growth and shikara boats; a group of teachers, staff, and students at Islamia School in 1965 with many from the Kashmiri Pandit community; guests at a traditional Kashmiri Pandit marriage feast in 1928 seated on the ground with food on copper plates; a family in a traditional donga boat on Dal Lake in the early twentieth century propelled by a pole; village children standing together in simple clothing in 1971; and people along the River Jhelum at Bejbehara in 1915 washing, bathing, and socializing near wooden structures and stone embankments. Simple views of old Kashmir. This color photograph from 1961 shows the houseboat Cutty Sark anchored on Dal Lake in Srinagar at a time when the lake remained largely clean and ecologically balanced. Dense lotu...