Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir·politics · snow

A Kashmiri policeman monitors a polling booth during voting in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir state : Archival footage from 1990's India. A bus passes through a town nearby.

Jammu and Kashmir·wildlife · river

Hangul Deer of Dachigam National Park in Srinagar, Kashmir: Rare older footage of a species with perhaps just 250 individuals. They wallow around a wetland patch near the Daghwan river in Pahlipora.

Jammu and Kashmir·politics · school

1990's archive: Voting takes place at Khalsa English Medium School in Chittisingpora Kashmir, India. A Kashmiri policeman monitors a polling booth during voting in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir state : Archival footage from 1990's India.

Jammu and Kashmir·snow

This archival footage from Kashmir documents a period of heightened security, showing local police providing protection to Kashmiri civilians under a general security cordon.

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Kashmiri men clean Kahwa kettles and pots in Kashmir, after a round of Kashmiri cinnamon tea or kehwa, near a river in Srinagar.

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Kashmiri girls walk past the fountains and autumn Chinar tree leaves at one of the great gardens of Srinagar.

Jammu and Kashmir·old town · architecture

Step back in time with this rare archival footage of old Srinagar, showcasing its rich heritage, serene river views, and timeless architecture.

Jammu and Kashmir·temple · architecture

Muslim Kashmir women and kids pray at a mosque in Srinagar Kashmir in the 1990's, receive holy offerings, in this archival footage.

Jammu and Kashmir·temple · architecture

Shah E Hamdan RH Mosque in Srinagar Kashmir: Archival footage from the 1990's. A woman in a burkha prays inside the mosque.

Jammu and Kashmir·boats · river

A woman tourist from north India sits on a shikara on Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir of the 1990's, before terrorism ruined the tourism scene, as seen in this archival footage. Vegetables being sold off a shikara boat on Kashmir's Dal Lake.

Jammu and Kashmir·boats · river

Vegetables being sold off a shikara boat on Kashmir's Dal Lake. From bandh gobhi or cabbage to mulhi or white raddish and cauliflower, the sellers have their own riverine community and sell to other boatspersons and those on the shores.

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Syed Hassan Kashmiri translated Bhagavad Gita in Persian language. The Bhagavad Gita often referred to as simply the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

Jammu and Kashmir·dance · river

Fully attired in traditional Kashmiri attire, these Kashmiri lasses put on a Folk Dance from Kashmir next to Dal Lake, with shikaras in the backdrop, as they sing along, to the sound of ghungroos and glass bangles.

Jammu and Kashmir·snow

Police with bomb protection jackets check Ambassador cars in Srinagar at night: Archival footage from the years of strife in the 1990's.

Jammu and Kashmir·highway

Sarojini Nagar comes to Srinagar! Shoes, phirans, jackets and jerseys for sale in 1990's Kashmir. Women of Srinagar, Kashmir buy clothes from a road-side outlet, before onset of freezing winter

Jammu and Kashmir·ceremony

Young Kashmiri Girl Child in a semi hijab reads an Urdu book and recites prayers in early 2000's Kashmir, India, in this archival footage.

Jammu and Kashmir·music

Sufiana music being performed for family and guests at an old walnut wood lined house in Srinagar, Kashmir, India, in older archival footage from the 1990's.

Jammu and Kashmir·wildlife · birds

Cute chicks of a Kestrel couple sit in their cliffy nest, looking out at the world and getting ready to exit it and start their life, in the summer of 2026, around the Srinagar valley.