Uber has launched a new boat-hailing service in India, offering tourists the chance to ride the iconic Shikara boats on Dal Lake in Kashmir. These brightly colored wooden boats, adorned with ...

I skipped breakfast in favour of taking a three-hour-long ride in Kashmir’s iconic wooden boat—the shikara. Traditionally used for transportation across the Dal Lake, for visitors, the shikara ...

Shikara boats float on Dal Lake with items from 5 pm to 10 pm. The sound of vendors chatting, bargaining, and making deals with customers can be heard all over Dal Lake. Flower sellers also sail ...

Kashmiri children ride a shikara, a wooden boat, on their way to school, with their father rowing it across Dal Lake, as ...