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Chashma Shahi, known as The Royal Spring, epitomizes Mughal opulence and architectural mastery, commissioned in 1632 AD by Ali Mardan Khan for Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's son, Prince Dara Shikoh. Nestled in the Zabarwan Range near Srinagar, Kashmir, it spans an acre, boasting a natural spring with reputed healing properties. The garden, adhering to classic Mughal design principles, features three terraces with cascading fountains, intricate pavilions, and vibrant flora. Despite being the sm...

Pari Mahal, a historic monument in Srinagar, Shehr-e-Kashmir, stands out with elevated terraces offering panoramic views of Srinagar and Dal Lake. Integrating Mughal and Islamic styles, it features arched doorways, terraced gardens, and intricate water channels. The palace, constructed in the mid-seventeenth century by Dara Shikoh, served as an observatory for astrology and Sufism. Mythology adds allure, with tales of captive princesses and mythical beings. Despite disrepair, Pari Mahal's o...

Director Anjum Shehzad’s Akhaarra is about creating and celebrating role models in sports as well as telling stories

Jammu and Kashmir is expected to see a record number of tourist arrivals this year but one of its standout attractions, the houseboat, is struggling to stay afloat.

For centuries, Srinagar - the City of Kashmir, has been popular as the 'City of Bridges'. In 2023 summer, Iqra Akhoon, Kashmir's most known broadcast journalist and a Producer at Kashmir Life decided to redicover the history of these bridges and record the life of the people living around. This led to the making of a 13-episode web series. This long write-up is her first hand account of the challenges that the series posed and how she tackled and made it happen.

Architect Dr Sameer Hamdani’s book on sectarian reconciliation in Kashmir is a Himalayan contribution in offering a narrative purged from bias and slants, writes Raashid Maqbool Generations in Kashmir have grown up on folklore grapevine apparently aimed at retaining the rightful ground of truth a...

Vernacular architecture in Kashmir factored in both the cold and hot climate of the Valley, making homes climate resilient and less vulnerable to earthquakes.

A papiermâché craftsman at work in Srinagar   | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD Militancy, a flood, the pandemic — Kashmirs ancient art of papier-mâché is at its lowest ebb now, but there may be a ray of hope for the future Sometime in the 12th century, Omar Khayyam, the Persian poet and astronomer, wrote these lines about love and longing: “Come, fill the cup, and in the fire of spring / The winter garment of repentance fling: The bird of time has but a little way / To fly — and Lo! the ...