Birds-In-Kashmir

Birds In Kashmir

Birds in Kashmir are some Seasonal & Diverse Birds species

Silver-Work-Kashmir

Silver Work Kashmir

The most practical and used for all the kashmiri handicrafts, copper ware forms the cornerstone of every Kashmiri Kitchen.

Walnut-Work

Walnut Wood Carving Work Kashmir

Walnut Wood Carving Work in Kashmir by Ahanger HOBO Visit Chattabal Srinagar fold city, five minutes walk from SMHS hospital, Nawa Kadal and Lal Bazar Walnut woodcarving is an ornamental craft process that is virtually unique to Kashmir due to the concentration of walnut trees. Walnut wood is a soft wood perfect to mold and […]

Kashmiri-Carpet-Kaleen

Carpet “Kaleen of Kashmir”

Carpet “Kaleen of Kashmir” by Ahanger HOBO. Visit Rainawari, Fateh Kadal, Nawab Bazaar, Nawa Kadal Carpet weaving can be traced to the time of beloved Emperor and patron of the arts, Emperor Zain-Ul-Abidin. Although it is derived from the world renowened Persian carpet tradition, in kashmir the artisians have once again been influenced by the […]

Papier-Mache

Papier Mache Work

Papier Mache Work by Ahanger HOBO Visit safakadal and Lal Chowk Papier-mache began on the wooden panels of wall and wooden furniture and was eventually adapted to paper moulds, for example, decorative trays, small boxes, book covers and sensual vases. The two major processes involved in the craft are ‘sakthsazi’ mould making and ‘naquashi’ painting. […]

The Bakarwal (also Bakkarwal, Bakharwal, Bakrawala and Bakerwal)

The Bakarwal of Kashmir

The Bakarwal (also Bakkarwal, Bakharwal, Bakrawala and Bakerwal) community is listed as scheduled tribes along with gujjars in jammu and kashmir in 1991. As a nomadic tribe they spread over a large part starting from pir-panjal range to hindkush to ladakh located in himalayan mountains of south Asia. They are goat herders and shepherds at […]

Gujjar-of-Kashmir

Gurjar or Gujjar of Kashmir

Gurjar or Gujjar (also transliterated as Gujar, Gujara and Gujjer) is an ethnic agriculture and pastoral community of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Although traditionally they have been involved in agriculture, Gurjars are a large heterogeneous group that is internally differentiated in terms, culture, religion, occupation and socio-economic status. The historical role of Gujjars has been […]

Hanji-of-Kashmir

Hanji’s of Kashmir

Hanji’s were living in simple Doonga boats for centuries calling it home yet the term houseboat as we now understand in relation to tourism can be assigned to this boat built on order of Akbar. We are still centuries away from story of houseboats as we see them today in between we read about Aurangzeb’s […]

Muslims-of-Kashmir

Kashmiri Muslims

Kashmiri Muslims by Ahanger HOBO Islam came to Kashmir in the very beginning through the Ladakh king Rinchen(widely known as Rinchen-Shah) who, ultimately impressed by the simple teaching of Sufi Islam from Bulbul shah, beloved poet of Kashmir and the first Muslim faqir to visit the valley, converted to Islam to consolidate his reportedly otherwise […]

Kashmiri-Pandits

Kashmiri Pandits

Kashmiri Pandits are descendants from the ancient times of the Aryan tribes of the north “the Indus Valley tribes” when the water of the Saraswati river were the sources of life. Unfortunately, after changing its course several times, the saraswati dried up and thus the people known as saraswat brahmins, kshatrayas and vaisas left this […]