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Kashmir { 25 images } Created 29 May 2009

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  • During a strike in Kashmir in June, schools were closed, and young boys escaped the heat by diving off one of the main docks on Dal Lake. A Shikara owner sits idle in his boat, tied at a dock normally packed with boats and tourists.
    Dal- Swimming.jpg
  • Dal Lake in Srinagar Kashmir. Srinagar " the beautiful city" is located around a number of lakes and is divided in two by the river Jhelum.
    Dal-Bubble Boy.jpg
  • Kashmir -Run .jpg
  • As the sun sets, people gather to catch the evening breeze on the front porch of the houseboat Marial on Dal Lake.
    Dal-dusk.jpg
  • Dal Lake in Srinagar Kashmir. Srinagar " the beautiful city" is located around a number of lakes and is divided in two by the river Jhelum.
    Dal-Emporium.jpg
  • A Kashmiri man with his female companion navigates a boat filled with vegetables through a narrow overgrown passage on Dal Lake, where many of the hidden floating gardens are located.
    Dal-Grass,Trees.jpg
  • At dusk, the only activity on Dal Lake are the birds gliding through the still water past an empty houseboat.
    Dal-Green View.jpg
  • In the back of Dal Lake a young boy passes the time during the strike, by fishing with a flexible branch, while a woman behind him gazes out the window.
    Dal-Home fish.jpg
  • A Kashmiri woman leans against the glass counter at a small shop located on Dal Lake.
    Dal-Store.jpg
  • At the end of the day, as the sun sets on Dal Lake, a man rows his boat near scenic fountains.
    Dal-Fountain 1.jpg
  • Ponies loaded with camping supplies on a trek in Vishnasar Valley, in the Himalayan mountains Kashmir India..
    Trek -pony 3.jpg
  • .A scenic view in Sonnamarg, in the Himalayan mountains Kashmir India, photographed by Indian tourists..
    Trek-Sonmarg.jpg
  • Kashmir Aerial.jpg
  • A victory celebration by Kashmiri Muslims in Srinagar. They held burning torches aloft at the culmination of a 9 day strike in which all schools and businesses shut down, and 6 civilians were killed during protests.<br />
The crisis began in June with a dispute over land near an important Hindu shrine, located in the Muslim majority state of Kashmir. Muslims held protests complaining that a state government plan to transfer 99 acres to a Hindu trust to build facilities for pilgrims near the shrine was actually a settlement plan meant to alter the religious balance in the region.
    Kashmir-Torch1.jpg
  • Indian Army and paramilitary soldiers stand near a damaged army.vehicle after an explosion near Narbal, 17 kilometers, (10 miles).north of Srinagar, India, Saturday, July 19, 2008. A remote-controlled bomb exploded near an army convoy in Indian Kashmir on Saturday, killing at least.seven soldiers and wounding 20 others, a police official said.
    Blast 5.jpg
  • A victory celebration by Kashmiri Muslims in Srinagar. They held burning torches aloft at the culmination of a 9 day strike in which all schools and businesses shut down, and 6 civilians were killed during protests.<br />
The crisis began in June with a dispute over land near an important Hindu shrine, located in the Muslim majority state of Kashmir. Muslims held protests complaining that a state government plan to transfer 99 acres to a Hindu trust to build facilities for pilgrims near the shrine was actually a settlement plan meant to alter the religious balance in the region.
    Kashmir-Torch 3.jpg
  • Kashmir-Family d.jpg
  • The streets of Srinagar in Kashmir, India are virtually deserted during a nine day stike in which all businesses closed. The strike was a protest of a land transfer deal which would expand an important Hindu shrine.
    Kashmir-Soldier1.jpg
  • A couple strolls past the Regal Cinema covered with tattered posters of Yasin Malik, the Kashmiri Independence leader.
    couple.jpg
  • A heart shaped oar  dips in the water as  the sun rises over the horizon on Dal Lake, Kashmir.
    Dal Sunrise 4.jpg
  • Landscape diptych of a trek in the Himalayas near Shokadari, Kashmir.
    Shok019.jpg
  • A Kashmiri man perched at the edge of his boat fishes during the strike with a simple pole, made from a branch similar to those that surround him.
    Dal-Fishing Sticks.jpg
  • Men gather before dawn at India's only floating market on Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir. In a small area crowded with boats they buy and sell vegetables.
    Dal-Float 2.jpg
  • Dal Lake in Srinagar Kashmir. Srinagar " the beautiful city" is located around a number of lakes and is divided in two by the river Jhelum.
    Dal-Full boat.jpg
  • Indian Army and paramilitary soldiers at the site of an explosion.
    IMG_3989.jpg