Dal Lake is situated in the hub of the modern city of Srinagar, the summer capital of the State. The urban lake which is the second largest in the state is integral to tourism and recreation in Kashmir and is nick named as Srinagar’s Jewel.
Ancient history records mention that a village named Isabar to the east of Dal Lake was the home of Goddess Durga. This place was known as Sureshwari on the bank of the lake which was sourced by a spring called Satadhara. Today the lake is an important source for commercial operations in fishing and water plant harvesting and a famous tourist spot.
The shoreline of the lake 15.5 km approx is encompassed by boulevard lined with hotels, parks, restaurants and shops selling cashmere (pashmina) shawls, capes, beautiful paper mache products, carpets and chain stitch rugs. many of these shops and restraunts are open till mid night during the tourist season.
Scenic view of the lake can be witnessed from the shoreline Mughal Gardens built during the reign of Emperor Jahangir, from the houseboats and from the colourful shikaaras cruising along the lake. A recent addition to the beauty of the boulevard is the ‘Royal Springs’ golf course.
Overnight stay in a houseboat is an experience of a life time. A usual houseboat consists of a front balcony, a drawing room, a dining room and three bed rooms with attached toilets. Some of the houseboats even have a small terrace.
It would be difficult to find even an inch of the wooden walls of the house boats which is not carved, usually hand carved. The houseboats have been made warm and welcoming with colourful carpets, comfy sofas, a king sized dining table and royal bedrooms which coupled with the hospitality of the houseboat staff makes you feel like a king.
Daily needs and small nick nacks can be bought from the floating markets which are the shikaaras selling selling their merchandise from house boat to house boat.
In the center of the lake is an island named ‘chaar chinaar’ which has been named after the four chinar trees on it. This property belongs to the royal family of Jammu and kashmir. Nehru park, which is a floating park on the lake is about 55 yards from the boulevard. It gives a splendid view of the lake, boulevard and the mountains around. There are small shops and stalls iin the park selling hot aswell as cold beverages and light snacks.
During the winter season, soometimes the temperature falls as low as -11 degrees celsius, freezing the lake. Often people can be found ice skating on the lake at that time. Ideal time to visit the lake is during the month of April-September.
nice
Very nice
very beautiful.
Awesome. A place which is a must to be visited once in lifetime.
Hello dear,
Very beautiful and lovely pictures,
Thanks for sharing,
Regards,
spiyyer.
Dal lake is wonderful and lovely
beautiful scene
Beautiful, the houseboat interior look great
I want to know about Kasmir’s condition like political problem and terrer.
In future i want to travel to kasmir with my family. Is it possible ?
wonderful
Beautiful pics.
Keep up the good work
God Bless
very good .
its just kind of JANNAT……………….
it is very cool and wonder full pictures of dal lake
dr.sivakumar.g
As they say :
Agar jannat duniya mein hain , toh woh yahin hain , yahin hain , yahin hain.
Great pics. Thank you for all the hard work.
how safe is it to travel?
every one is welcome to Kashmir.There is no problem whatsoever in Kashmir.Problems are only media created for their own benefit.
One of God’s beautiful creation. I can actually feel the serenity of this town from the pictures. I would love to live in one of the boats… Thanks for sharing these pictures.
A very beautiful place which I have visited.
verry nice palace
very very nice pictures are there. i am eager to see but there is no facilities for me
Nice pictures in deed…we live at the banks of Dall Lake in Srinagar Kashmir but through your viewfinder, we have seen a different picture of Dall Lake, while as it looks much beautiful in winter, when the Zaberwan hills(in the East of Lake) are covered by snow, however in Summer, the lake is covered with lush green forests and full of water…a dream destination, how lucky are we people, who live here…in the Paradise on Earth….
Absolutely beautiful! would love to have my honeymoon on one of the boats, lol.
awesome experince in life
Nice pictures in deed…we live at the banks of Dall Lake in Srinagar Kashmir but through your viewfinder, we have seen a different picture of Dall Lake, while as it looks much beautiful in winter, when the Zaberwan hills(in the East of Lake) are covered by snow, however in Summer, the lake is covered with lush green forests and full of water…a dream destination, how lucky are we people, who live here…in the Paradise on Earth….A person Vijay has asked about the situation in Kashmir….My dear! it is cool and calm and you can visit along with your family, friends and even ‘Girl friends’ any time and can move every where in Kashmir an have lot of fun, you should read news papers of Kashmir online and never believe on what Indian media is writing about Kashmir…the situation in Kashmir is very good and different from that, what media in New delhi is presenting, you are welcome anytime….
thanks for this beautiful pictures
regard’s
very beautiful place wanna go for vist
Kashmir is a hell all becoz of the followers of mindless HELL religion residing in Kashmir & Pakistan in majority
Very very beautiful.
i thank everybody on behalf of Kashmir for praising the place… thanx
it is realy very beautiful. thank for sharing this natur beauti pics.
great job carry on
VERY NICE
yah i got this side very beautiful place.it’s called jannat.
very nice place. its called jannat
VERY NICE PLACE FOR HONEYMOON……….
nice…
Beautiful pics.
nice
waoooooooo……. wt. a nice place! its realy beautiful when I have time now first went to that place but I have no time …………………..
Good……
What a mess politicians have made of Kashmir!!! Most people are missing this pleasure of enjoying Dal Lake.
Very Very Beautiful
This is a beautiful place. I wish to go there
This is a beautiful place I wish to go there..
excellent
I wish i could go there with my soulmate…….
India’s most beautiful and wonderful sight to see
Moti Manot
Beauty of nature
Hi…i’m from Kashmir myself. and feel very lucky to belong to that place….yes everyone must visit this place atleast once in a lifetime. Since 1984 when terrorism started in Kashmir..it has ruined it..however it still is one of the most beautiful places in India. and it is completely safe to visit this place anytime in the year…coz terrorism is not just in Kashmir, its Global…u can;t gurantee your safety sitting at a five star Taj in Mumbai or not even in WTC, New york. Its as safe as any other place in India and as unsafe as any other city in the world. Thanks
good photo
and good place to visit
it is amazing but fancy
is it safe now to go to kashmir.pl. let us know about,since i want to see kashmir.
It will be an experience if one can make it
nice…………
The lake is seems natural and very beautiful.
beautifulllllllll india……….
Very nice…………….please maintain the beauty of the lake
……DAL LAKE….SRINGAR…SUPERB..AND SO SCENIC…
THAT IS WHY KASHMIR IS CALLED HEAVEN(JANNAT..SWARGA ) ON EARTH….
…IF ONE CAN AFFORD…THEN ..ONE SHOULD VISIT THIS HEAVEN ONCE IN LIFE TIME…..
wonderful season and location
Verry Nice & Verry Wonderful
It is as beautiful as I saw it earlier. Thanks for these awesome pictures.
i like to see the beauty of Kashmir….Dal sea
i have been any good news to see…gave me more details for this
Reply soon By email….
Dhansukh Vaghella
If you come across any good news i want to visit again ok
Nice pictures..
This is really nice. Once in a life you we should enjoy this.
Really beautiful……paradise on Earth
Reallylovely place
Very beautiful pictures.
Heaven inhabited by devils….
hey priya
thanks to give so beautiful view of dal lake.
when i will be married then i will go in houseboat for honeymoon.
Nice place but personal security?
Amazing and beautiful.
Its really a heaven in earth. But due to our neighbers & some unscrupulus fellow making the place a hell.
wow its too good nd i want to go there
Wonderful.
Thanks for sharing. I like to traval to Kashmir.
Nilesh Gharat
A true beauty of nature…. Fab!!!
May God protect Kashmir and Kashmiri people from the clutches of tyrrant and exploiter GOVERNMENT and bless KASHMIR with Godspeed progress.AAMEEN
Thanks for mailing this
cute pics
Oh I love the beautiful seen. Pictures from higher level may give much better impressions.
hi… Good Morning
Very beautiful and lovely pictures,
Thanks for sharing,
its true dear,-Dal Lake, Srinagar’s Jewel
its grt. wed love to visit.
its very beaautiful… in our life once a visiting place………. awesome……….
very nice beautiful pictures
VERY NICE PLACES,LIKE WE ARE AT HEAVENS
Thanks for sharing your beautiful things.all ways welcome your best sugestions to growth my carrier
Truly awesome.. Shri nagar and its Dal Lake.. It’s my dream to visit it whenever I get enough amount in my pocket to travel and enjoy its marvelous beauty.
very very nice
Breathtaking………..
ENOUGH TO DIE ON…………….
superb, minblowing
I travel a lot outside India on business. I have not seen our India fully; such beatiful places in the whole of the world. One life time is not sufficiant if you really want to enjoy and experience these places’s striking beaty and its hospitality. I am going to do that.
nice lake and the history also, want to see at least once.
Good photography, exposed natural beauty.
“HEAVEN ON THE EARTH” I WENT AND I HAVE ENJOYED MY “HONEY MOON” IN 1986.
Very Nice
It is wonderful and excellent. Every one in thier life should visit this place.
good photography
SO SWEET VERY NICE
Hey wow!! main aa rahi hu kashmir…
Really, very beautiful and lovely pictures
very nice place,thanks for sharing
beautiful on nature
Dal Lake really beautiful but ist my property i am apkistany
fabulous! In this moment a desire took birth in my heart that i must go to kashmir and feel the beauty of ‘DAL LAKE’.
nice….
NIce one
Wonderful seen fantastic pics….
nice place and awesome to experince the real world of heven….
Nice.
we have to make our India tour first instead of going for US and UK
Great pics !
thanks for sending e mail
i like this photograph.
its really wonderful
BEAUTIFUL !
MASHAALLAH !
“Gar Firdaus bar roo-ey zameen ast, hameen ast O hameen ast, Hameen Ast.” Fascinating. Love to visit at first opportunity:
Very nice photographs.Tempted to visit Srinagar to enjoy the Scenic views.
hi,
this is very very beautiful
Dal lake is excellent
maintain neatly ha.ha….
WOW Amazing!!! Hope soon J&K will settle to peace!! and let tourism bloom again!!
beautiful….
heaven….
love to visit once….
so beautiful and serene….
if there is any heaven on earth,it is here,it is here
Beware.
Older house boats also have lot of peep holes.
Further, (a) No bolts for the doors (b) As no address are available, you are at the mercy of the boatman, while moving from shore to houseboat. You will not know the route to reach your boat. With no landmarks available at shore, you should somehow remember where to come on shore for catching your free house boat for return.
(c) I presume Dal lake is cleaned now. If not, the water is very dirty. All the used water in toilet in houseboats and excreta are disposed into the lake – ever since their existance. Hence do not touch the water
(d) You are cut off from external world, in night – when there are no boats available for you to reach shore. Hence doctors may not be available during night time. Boatman, if he lives nearby, is your only hope.
But for the above inconveniences, it is a wonderful experience to live in houseboat.
hmmmmm …. jana padega …..
beautiful
Very Beautiful Pictures
superb…… awesome
Its shows that, haven on Earth.
very nice pics
Heaven,You should never return from..
Please tell me the best time to visit I mean the weather ,temprature,…
it’s heaven…
Really very nice pics.Thanks for sharing with me.
Alisha.
nice job keep going priya
beautiful….
awesome..
Heaven on the earth
wonderful
very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
heyyy……this so cool i love these pics….
this is so cool…..i love these pics…
Simply Magnificient
Thanks for the so beautiful pictures of Dal Lake.Kashmir is my liking tourist place.so called paradise on earth.I have visited many times.
good one but the things changed alot since 1978 when I went to dal lake
It is extra ordiniarily good, Indian are proud of this.
very bful pics
great. very good.
so sweet plce which every human being must visit……………..
😀
really paradise on the earth !
vey nice….
Thank you for sending the pictures of beautiful part of India( As an Indian Iam proud to say that I belong to the same country where kashmir belongs to, though I belong to far south of India)
so beautiful ……. no word have to say……..
Dreamland. Visit to this wonderand must be included in one’s agenda atleast once in lifetime.
very nice
JAY MATAJI
I am a Kashmire. Dal Lake is just a trial you must watch full kashmir. It is rightly said it is heaven on earth.
Awesome.
nice one
Nice one.
the heaven in the earth “ABISTU ABISTU” means ofcourse its its.
very serene.
Heaven on Earth
wonderful…. awsome place…must b visited once in a lifetime….
Very lovely photos
Enjoyed them a lot
very cute
Realy so nice i had ever seen this before
i just today came back fro Shrinagar- Kashmir. It is most beutiful enthrailing experience. polital situation as good and as bad as in any other part of country. people are fortcoming , simple and just respect them for what they as a different community, they are very friendly and they love and fell hppy to see u, they rather welcome u. it is the politicians they are saCERED OOF , OURS AND THEIRS. iT IS PART OF iNDIA IF WE DO NOT IMPOSE THEM ,. ALL OF US CAN GO BETWEEN aPRIL TO sEP . GOD BLESS kASHMIR GOD BLESS INDIA
very beautiful
awesome place….very cool to see
I have visited Srinagar 8 times before partition.The pictures brought back the smells and sounds of Dal Lake with its houseboats and shikaras.And why not picture of a Kashmiri beauty.
Beautifull places
No Words, It’s very Butifull Nice place.
Beautiful.dal lake is so beautiful…its amazing piece of art by nature…A beautiful place which is must to be visited once in life. glad to see the picks.. 🙂
sayed kami shah
nice lake.
It’s indeed God created heaven in our country, I don’t understand why these so called terrorrists & other people think of voilence in such a beautiful place. Let God change their mindset towards peace & love,
Very lovely pics – I would love to be der 🙂 and enjoy 🙂
just beautifull. we have swarg here only why one should go to other countries? we have scienic beauties in our bharat elsewhere in the other parts of this nation. try to visit these places and u will forgo to visit the other nations.
Its very beautiful place.I had never been there.Planned to go very soon with my chachu.” HEAVEN ON THE EARTH”
superb
rallly heven yar.
hi………………………………..
travel so……….good……………………
Hi,
This is the only place out of all best places in India we have not viisted and now we are in Canada. My wish is to visit with family some time in my life but not sure how safe it is with kids and family visitng from Delhi to Patnitop to Shreenagar to Dulhousee to Kulu – manali ?
Can someone advise which tour organizer is best and well establish for Kashmir and Jammu tours ?
Thanks
Hiten
very nice pics .
….so romantic scene……its like heaven……..I wish I could be there!
Awesome place to visit. In Winter – d view is amazing. Visited in February and again planning to visit.
awesome city this is the paradise of india………..
I have visited Kashmir, and have stayed for 2 days in house boat in Dal Lake. Accompanying me were my family members and my relatives. we were a group of ten people altogether. In March 2010, this visit was one of the most beautiful visit we have ever visited. The situation is as normal as with any other cities in the world. there were so many tourists that there were no vacant rooms available in the houseboats. Only thing I didn’t like was that the govt. of Kashmir should take care of constant cleaning of DAL LAKE, which is not the case as of now.
Hii All,
I went kashmir last time and i saw Dal lake as i see this lake than i know why kashmir want paskishtan. Its really like “Swarg”.
Kya Kehna ! ! !
GOD IS GREAT & LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL…..
what a nice and beautiful place
Worth seeing lake of Paradise
Recently we visited Srinagar and indeed it is like heaven on earth. All these photos brought back my memeories.
Thanks
super place it is wonderful
Be fortunate enough to visit this Lake of Paradise
beautiful place
Srinagar is one of the most beautiful places on Earth when I visited it in the 70’s. Beautiful scenery, wonderful food, amazing aura, very very nice people, lots of music and PEACE. I do know that I will never go there again now because the terrorists have destroyed its “AURA” – and perhaps my children will never see it in their lifetimes. But maybe, one day, the world will return to it’s senses and people will live together in peace and equanimity – and the walls built to separate them on the basis of religion, caste, nationality, region, language and what not, will fall and peace and brotherhood will again arise like a phoenix from the ashes.
May the God’s be kind to the simple people of Kashmir, and eradicate terrorism!
Kya bala ki khoobsoorat hai. Lagta Jannat Yahin hai.Bhagwan/Khuda ne gazab ki khoobsoorat Netra Priya Vastu Banai Hai.Ham sab ko iska shukragujar hone ke sath sath us upar wale ahsan mand hona chahiye tatha isko maitain bhi rakhe yahi ham sabka sahyog ho sakta hai.Gandagi na failane den aur na hi failaye.Prdushan Mukta rakhane ka prayash karen.
It’s indeed God created heaven in wholw world not even in our country,
This is wonderful place in our country jai hind
One who wished to visit,are welcome with open arms of all Kashmiris.
Thank God, we are out of turmoil.
Agar khuda ne jannat is duniya mein banaya toh woh yahin hain
Khuda ka sukriya
nice pic,i like naturel seens
Heaven on the earth
beautiful place
Heaven on earth.
A beautiful place to visit all round the year.
Totally different climate during different seasons. The flora and fauna r a treat to observe.
The snow in winter is an experience in itself.
A must visit at least once in a lifetime.
Sad that the Indian government has no political will controlling the state.
beautiful ,i was lost seeing th picture.
nostalgic memories suddenly rejuvinated me just by looking at the picsm yes i agree people of kashmir are friendly and cheerful just like the innumerable and beautiful flowers found in kashmir. we were lucky to have spent our honeymoon trip in and around srinagar way back in 1972-1973. glorious days and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay in srinagar, khud, batote, and patnitop. priya ji thank you somuch for the wonderful pics.
Excellent.Good photographs.Good collection.As it is known as paradise on the earth,really it is a paradise.I stayed there for three years when I was in services.I could recollect the past memories.People are good.They love the tourist.Good season to visit is from June to September.Once again,Good collection.Keep it up.
THANKS
PRIYA JI
it is realy veray beautiful celle.& sharing
This natur beauti
Very nice and beautiful pictures
Very nice place, Plan to visit next year
really nice house boat
Lovely place and nice picturization
Nice place like as dream.
thanks for sharing true beauty of kashmir.
very nice and beatiful lake
this city was very beautiful.i have sen.
Very,very nice pictures. Well done by these photographers.
All Indian should visit to the above places with family and friends.
Swarg……….. jise insaan zinda rehte hue b dekh sakta hai 🙂
thankyou for show me Dal lake1 it’s wonderful exprience! i didn’t go therw but wish to go there. bansi parekh. 0918-2011, sunday, time 12-25 after noon.
Very very beautifil
Kashmir is integral part of india and why Pakistan have occupied some part……..Pakistan should leave kashmir as soon as possible otherwise india will destroy that terrorist nation
Fantastic view of the nature, one has to see in his life time.
Beyond imagination of its beauty ! I feel so unlucky because still now I cann’t visit of this place ! My every wishes to visit of that place !
Delicious………
This is with reference to Shail Maqbool’s reply to one of the questions asked by some of the inquisitive readers who sought information on if he can visit Kashmir with his parents. Well for the actual Answer of Shree Maqbool’s reply is hidden in his answer only when he wants others not to believe the Delhi Media and go through the news of only Kashmir. The situation is not very well also so that on can freely move around the vally. You may remain happy there by saying that Kashmir is safe. But is it?.
I love these Pictures
welcoming pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!the simply charming………..
Really there are no words to say…Nice and Natural..Amazing !!!! Plz accept my congrats for such nice mail and photography…YES…we expect more such articlesa and photos from YOU !!!!Plz keep it up !!!
Realy great place………..Heaven on the earth. Every Indian has to go there once……
really a nice place… i have been visiting this place from last 6 years…
Hi,
Can anyone help me to find a good south Indian restaurant in kashmir?Iam taking my 2 kids
younger one just 2yrs old.Kindly let me know if you know any south indian hotel.
Manasa
WHICH HOUSEBOAT IS RECOMMENDED AND WHICH BETTER AVOIDED?
Friends that my birth place and srinagar (Kashmir) is paradise on earth. I love Kashmir
i like it pictures