Category: Kashmir

Kashmir is India’s most mythologised landscape — the valley that Mughal emperors called heaven, where the Dal Lake reflects shikhara boats at dawn, Chinar trees turn gold in October, and the Pir Panjal and Himalayan ranges hold the valley between them with the precision of a landscape that knows its own beauty. From the houseboats of Srinagar and the Mughal gardens of Nishat and Shalimar to the meadows of Gulmarg, the wetlands of Hokersar, and the quiet orchards of Tangmarg, Kashmir rewards those who stay beyond the obvious and find the valley at its most itself.