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byKashmir Rechords
Sep 04,23
Books, Jammu & Kashmir-Life Style, Jammu & Kashmir-Research, Kashmir, Research, Socio-cultural

Drinking of wine was quite popular in ancient Kashmir!

Dr. Sunil Chandra Ray’s “Early History and Culture of Kashmir’’ gives an interesting account of Kashmir history, society and the life of the people, besides their food and drinking habits. According to the author `drinking of wine seems to have been quite popular in early Kasmira’’ (page number 206) …

byKashmir Rechords
Sep 01,23
Jammu & Kashmir- Heritage, Research, Socio-cultural, Undivided India (Princely States)

Malika Pukhraj—-Jammu Wali!

The gifted singer whose musical voice echoed the earthly sounds of melody and became synonym with Dogra ethos, Malika Pukhraj (Jammu Wali), will always remain inextricable part of modern Dogra lore as well as the shared legacy of the sub-continent. Born in 1912, in village Mirpur near Akhnoor, Jammu,…

byKashmir Rechords
Aug 30,23
Jammu & Kashmir-Research, Research, Socio-cultural

A myth, lie that Maliks had found Amarnath Cave!

Eminent Kashmiri Pandit historian and scholar, Prof ML Koul in his book “The Amarnath pilgrimage- History and Facts’’ categorically states that, “ it is a mere myth, a fib, lie and fabrication that the holy cave of Swami Amarnath Ji was discovered by a Kashmiri Muslim Malik family in 1845 A.D. In…

byKashmir Rechords
Aug 29,23
Jammu & Kashmir- Heritage, Research, Socio-cultural

1943 Swami Amarnath Yatra

Swami Amarnath Yatra, which culminates every year on Raksha Bandhan, has remained the most revered and popular pilgrimage particularly during Dogra kings, who would accord utmost importance to the Yatra and ensure foolproof measures for its successful culmination under the Dharamarth Department, Srinagar. Some of the official files relating…

Shocking: killing of Hangul, Ibex was once permitted in Kashmir!

byKashmir Rechords
Aug 27,23
Jammu & Kashmir-Life Style, Research, Socio-cultural

Shocking: killing of Hangul, Ibex was once permitted in Kashmir!

Killing of Hangul (Stag) and Ibex— the rare and endangered species was once permitted in Kashmir! Sounds strange— but that is the harsh reality. Even hunting was considered a game and there existed “Department of Hunting’’ that had set certain rules and regulations for hunters visiting Kashmir. Thanks to the…