Thanks Surajit ji for these memorable photographs of Shalimar garden (one with terraces, bara dari). In Dal Lake it is Shikara you are riding. Donga (or Dhonga) is much larger with rooms and kichen, moved with help of long bamboo poles stuck each time to bottom of lake and pushed back, instead of oars used for Shikara. It looks like a house boat but much smaller.
http://www.go2kashmir.com/kashmir_donga_cruises_dal_lake.html -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:48 AM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Good morning Usha Di, Gurcharan Sir > > During '79 to '84 i travelled other places too, Darjeeling, Puri, > Lucknow, Ranchi, etc., There ends my present Bharat-Darshan, I hope to come > out again from my tiny shell, say after 5/6 yrs., when my family would be > able to do without me. > > Thank you Usha Di, Thank you Gurcharan Sir, Thank you All. > > Regards, > > surajit > > > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Surajit, great memories for sure >> nice amber color now, >> love it >> .. >> go again tourism can be a boone to their economy.. >> >> hope they realize this >> >> usha di >> >> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:36 PM, surajit koley < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sir, >>> >>> I visited Kashmir between 1981-83, i fail to remember the exact year, i >>> was a college student in those three years. I was with my parents, uncles >>> and some other relatives. We had a round tour, >>> Amritsar-Delhi-Pahelgaon-Kashmir-Gulmarg. We visited gardens, Dal Lake and >>> others and i took photographs of my parents in one of those Dhonga boats. >>> We had a minolta slr then, and since i was the photographer (i learned from >>> my father) there was almost no photograph of myself! >>> >>> Attaching three photographs, colour got faded by the time i scanned >>> those to make digital copies, but the memory is still fresh. >>> >>> Thank you very much, don't know if i will ever be able to visit all >>> those places once again. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> surajit >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Dhonga in Kashmir is a smaller version of house boats (which are fixed >>>> and used as hotels in water mostly in Dal Lake) which is mobile and used >>>> for travelling of Groups within Dal Lake. I have fond memories of it, as it >>>> is mostly used for local excursion of schools. My father being a teacher >>>> would take me along at least twice in an year during his school excursions. >>>> It involved travelling in dhonga two to three hours each way, spending some >>>> time in a Moghul Garden (Nishat, Shalimar), all meals including breakfast, >>>> lunch and evening tea were cooked and served in the dhonga. A really >>>> enjoyable experience. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 6:43 AM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Interesting post......and a wonderful discussion! >>>>> >>>>> Thanks to Surajit ji and all. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Ritesh. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
