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Srinagar is the capital of Kashmir. Srinagar's is nearest to Jammu, which in turn connects all parts of the country, including Delhi, Calcutta, Pune, Murnbai and Kanyakumari. Kashmir receives most of its rainfall in spring. Srinagar is an exclusive city because of its lakes the Dal, Nagin and Anchor. The River Jhelum also flows through a part of the city.
The Dal is famous not only for its beauty, but for its vitality, because it supports within its border, a life that is unique anywhere in the world. The houseboat and shikara have lived for centuries on the Dal A shikara ride is one of the most soothing, relaxing aspects of a holiday in Kashmir. Nishat and Shalimar gardens as well as Hazratbal mosque are directly accessible by shikara.
Most houseboats on the Nagin and the Jhelum are situated on the banks of the lake, and can be accessed directly from land without the help of a shikara.
Each houseboat has anything between two and four bedrooms in it with attached bathrooms and a common sitting and dining room. The charges of a houseboat always include all meals and a certain number of crossings by shikara to and from the houseboat. Houseboats offer far more personalized service than hotels because of the far higher host guest ratio.
Kashmir was a favourite of the Mughal emperors. Cool and refreshing, they planted gardens with stepped terraces and flowing streams. Cheshmashahi is the first Mughal garden you will pass after Nehru Park.
Empress Nur Jahan’s brother Asaf Khan built Nishat garden. The largest of the gardens, Nishat has several terraces, a central stream and a majestic site between the Dal and the Zabarwan hills. Jehangir, planted the the Shalimar garden. Shaded by magnificent chinar trees, the Shalimar is a series of stone pavilions and flowing water with bright flowerbeds.
Across the Dal from Shalimar is the mosque of Hazratbal, the only one of its kind architecturally in Kashmir. Made of white marble with a dome and a mina- ret, Hazratbal is the storehouse of a single hair of the Prophet Mohammed, exhibited to the public on certain days of the year
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