Kashmir Through Old Photographs

A collection of old photographs showing everyday routines and shared moments in Kashmir during the twentieth century. The pictures include women collecting water from the River Jhelum in Gandarbal in 1944 with earthen pots; houseboats and shikaras along Dal Lake Boulevard in Srinagar during the 1930s with early urban development; women and children conversing inside a traditional donga boat on a waterway in 1920; Kashmiri Pandit devotees gathered at the Kheer Bhawani temple in Tullamulla around 1900; a woman in traditional attire and jewelry in a 1955 portrait; and a finely engraved three-piece metal tea set with tray from the 1890s. Simple views of old Kashmir. This photograph from 1944 shows women collecting water from the River Jhelum at Gandarbal, illustrating an essential aspect of everyday life in Kashmir during the mid twentieth century. One woman is seen filling a vessel at the riverbank, while another carries a large earthen pot balanced on her head, demonstrating the phys...