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The Vanishing Pandits from Kashmir!

Over a century, the population of Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley has plummeted from 55,052 in 1921 to a mere 6,514 in 2022, which is reported to have further gone down by 2024 (Kashmir Rechords Analysis) If the records and Census Reports are to be relied upon, over the past…

Dateline Srinagar: The Night of January 19,1990

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) The night of January 19, 1990, was one of the darkest in the history of India. In Srinagar, the atmosphere was charged with fear and chaos as Kashmiri Pandits faced a mass exodus from their homes and hearths. Rumor-mongering took centre stage, with mosques across the region…

byKashmir Rechords
Jan 16,25
Cultural History, Historical, Jammu & Kashmir- Heritage, Jammu & Kashmir-Research

If Mahakumbh is to Prayagraj, `Dashaar’ is to Kashmir!

Unlike the regularly scheduled Kumbh Melas, the timing of Kashmir’s Dashaar depends on ten specific astronomical and astrological configurations, occurring roughly every 10, 12, 36 or 75 years. Due to these ten celestial combinations, the festival is named "Dashaar," meaning ten combinations on a single day.

byKashmir Rechords
Jan 13,25
Cultural History, Jammu & Kashmir- Heritage, Jammu & Kashmir-Research, Undivided India (Princely States)

Englishman’s 1847 Journey to Jammu & Kashmir

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) In the spring of 1847, an intriguing journey to Kashmir unfolded, vividly chronicled in a historical travelogue titled Sair-e-Kashmir (Travel to Kashmir). Penned by a Kashmiri Pandit Kanhaya Lal Aashiq Dehalvi, a resident of Akbarabad Sialkot (now in Pakistan), this diary recounts his travels alongside an Englishman,…

byKashmir Rechords
Jan 02,25
Cultural History, Jammu & Kashmir- Heritage, Jammu & Kashmir-Life Style, Kashmiri Pandits- Post Migration

Sacred Stone Idol Resurfaces from River Jhelum at Sopore!

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) In a remarkable travesty of fate, a stone idol of a deity, which was thrown into the River Jhelum nearly three decades ago by the forces inimical to the idea of India, has resurfaced near Sopore, Kashmir! The idol was originally discovered in the early 1950s from…