Sir, I remember now, it was Shikara, and there were many bigger ones, lined side by side and anchored, i think, with rooms to accommodate tourists. I fail to connect names of various places we visited, but there were this Shalimar, Mughal Garden, Gulmarg, Shonemarg and a few others i fail to remember.
Thank you, Regards, surajit On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > 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.
