In India, a floating market blooms on the Dal By Nipun Prabhakar | Jan 20, 2022 Dal is a lake in the northern Indian city of Srinagar, the summer capital of the territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Floating Market On The Dal Lake. By ASHISH NARSALE. Share: Last updated on: June 05, 2023 18:33 IST. Going to the market can never be dull in Srinagar.

Much of the market's produce comes from the "floating gardens" that fill giant swaths of Dal Lake, including around the market itself. They are made by weaving together branches and roots into ...

Once the floating market winds up, you can then take a leisurely two hour ride through the local canals. Be prepared to be mesmerised by the absolute beauty surrounding every corner of Dal Lake.

So, what is the floating market in Dal Lake all about? Well, it s a sabzi market, where vegetables are sold 2-3 km away from the lake s borders, inside the lake. It takes place every day from 4am ...

My first visit to the market came in the summer of 1993, when violence paralyzed the city. During the month that I stayed on a houseboat on Nigeen Lake, a picturesque lake separated from Dal by a ...

Kashmir Valley, a place of stunning beauty, has been engulfed by violence for decades. While curfews often grind the rest of life to a halt, one market, sourced from giant floating gardens, is exempt.

In pre-dawn darkness and near-freezing drizzle, the shikara — a graceful, gondola-like canopied boat — made its way through a series of waterways. It was taking me to the daily wholesale floating ...

Kashmir Valley, a place of stunning beauty, has been engulfed by violence for decades. While curfews often grind the rest of life to a halt, one market, sourced from giant floating gardens, is exempt.

Kashmir Valley, a place of stunning beauty, has been engulfed by violence for decades. While curfews often grind the rest of life to a halt, one market, sourced from giant floating gardens, is exempt.