DATE : 17.06.2023
We landed at Srinagar Airport at 1 PM on 17th June, 2023. After reaching Police Guest House, found it's not the one where we had stayed earlier. We went check if we could shift in the old one. It was crowd with two DGP's families. In the evening spent couple of hours in a restaurant near Dal Lake. Took some good recipes in the company a Bhojpuri film actress in the adjoining table. Crowd was mostly lower middle class.
DATE : 18.06.2023
We are settled down in the Police Guest House which is quite comfortable. It has a spacious bedroom and a separate lounge / sitting room. Pilku insisted that we should shift to either Lalit or Vivant. We explained to him that we were well settled in Police Guest House and need not shift to either Lalit or Vivant. He ultimately agreed with us. The photo of the Police Guest House is given below:
Police Guest House at Srinagar, place of our state for 10 days that is from 17th to 27th June 2023 , total expenses for boarding and lodging were within 20,000/-. The cost of air ticket was Rs. 26,000/- and paid by Pilku. The Holidays where thus managed within our resources.
On the Bank of Dal Lake
We had a long boat ride in Dal Lake for over 1 hour. We traversed from one end and to other shopping in the boat in the while rowing.
We spent lot of time in Shalimar Garden, a view of it.
In Nishad Garden
In Nishad Garden
In Shalimar Garden
In Chashme Shahi
In Chashme Shahi
In Nishad Garden
In Nishad Garden
In Shalimar Bagh
In Pari Mahal
In Nishad Garden
In Pari Mahal
In Chashme Shahi. Venita could not climb upto Chashme Shahi. So we took a photo just below it:
At Doodhpathri: One and half hour drive from Srinagar. The local folk lore says that on the prayer of a Sufi saint for water in the area there came out a fountain of milk.
At Doodhpathri
On way to Doodhpathri Venita fondled a Lamb in the flock of sheep.
A number of tourists were riding ponies in the beautiful surroundings.
In Nishad Garden
In Danchi Gam Wildlife Sanctuary Forest. Danchi means 10 villages housed a beautiful resort. Occasionally it was used by Indira Gandhi during a visit to Kashmir. We met wildlife photographer who guided us to the Sanctuary.
Sitting in lawns of the Guest house of the Sanctuary, we were served hot Khawa and snacks.
In Pari Mahal
On the Bank of Sindhu river
Some pictures of Shalimar Garden which we had visited are given below. It looks like Switzerland.
During Puja at Kheer Bhawani Temple
At Ganderbal 50 miles from Srinagar. As we were not satisfied with the visit to Kheer Bhawani Temple, we visited there again next day and did puja. Later went to take Sindhu Water. We were taken to the confluence of Sindhu and Jhelum Rivers at Pushkar. Venita travelled to Pushkar by boat to a Shiva temple inside a trunk of a grove Chinar trees. Silku commented that Amma's boat ride to the lord Shiva temple was as if she was one of Swiss people who like boat rides of such kind.
There Venita went inside a very old chinar tree. There was old Shivling inside the waters of Sindhu and Jhelum Rivers. She worshiped Shivling there. It was Navami an auspicious day in the Hindu calendar.
Visited Zyestha and Sarika temples in the premises of Governor House
In Vivant hotel at Srinagar
In Radisson Blu Hoel at Srinagar
DATE : 27.06.2023
Venita went to Lord Hanuman temple again at Lal Chowk, a second visit.
In Vistara. Back to Delhi
We had a marvelous visit to Kashmir Valley for 10 days. We would like to visit again there as soon as possible.
