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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…

Prem Nath Bhat: A Torchbearer of Unity and Service

(Kashmir Rechords Desk) Late Shri Prem Nath Bhat, the first journalist martyred during the Kashmir turmoil, has become an enduring symbol of resistance against religious fundamentalism and the ethnic cleansing of vulnerable minorities, particularly the Kashmiri Pandit community. In both life and death, he exemplified a remarkable commitment to unity…

1935: Kashmiri Pandits’ Association of New Delhi

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) While post-1950 saw the establishment of organizations like the All India Kashmiri Samaj and the Kashmiri Samiti Delhi, records indicate that the Kashmiri Pandits’ Association in New Delhi was well-knit and operational as early as 1935. Before India’s independence, Delhi hosted a significant non-Kashmiri-speaking Kashmiri Pandit community.…

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

Englishman’s 1847 Journey to Jammu & Kashmir

Sacred Stone Idol Resurfaces from River Jhelum at Sopore!

Prem Nath Bhat: A Torchbearer of Unity and Service

1935: Kashmiri Pandits’ Association of New Delhi

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