
Jammu and Kashmir
There's a moment — just before dawn — when Dal Lake holds perfectly still, like a mirror laid flat against the earth. Then a shikara slips through the mist, its bright canopy catching the first light, and suddenly the whole city stirs to life on water. Welcome to Srinagar, a place that doesn't just sit beside a lake — it lives on one. Perched at roughly 5,200 feet in the heart of the Kashmir Valley, Srinagar is the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, and it feels like nowhere el...



