Shikaras are a type of wooden boat found on Dal Lake, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India. Shikharas can seat half-a-dozen people, are paddle-driven. Like the Venetian gandolas, they are a cultural symbol of Kashmir. Some shikharas are still used for fishing, seaweed-harvesting, and transport in the deeper parts of Dal Lake, while most are covered with tarpaulins and are used by tourists. Some are used as floating homes by poor people[1].
References
- ^ Kevin Sites (2006). "Boat People, Unable to afford homes on land, the poorest of Kashmir's poor live on open fishing boats, where life is always unsteady". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2006-06-06.