Beautiful Images Of India's Only Floating Vegetable Market On Dal Lake

The beauty of Kashmir is overwhelming and is a delight to visitors and the people living there. Nature was extra creative when it built Kashmir.

It is integral to tourism and recreation in Kashmir and is named the 'Lake of Flowers,' 'Jewel in the crown of Kashmir.' The lake is also an important source for commercial operations and water plant harvesting.

This is Kashmir's floating vegetable market, deep inside the lake and surrounded by scenic house boats and water lilies.

Vegetables traded in the floating market are supplied to Srinagar and many towns across the Kashmir valley.

It's one of the major sources of income for the lake dwellers who spend years carefully nurturing their floating gardens from the weeds and rich soil extracted from the lake bed.

Traders across the valley use the market in Dal Lake for essential supply to many other towns in Srinagar.

Vegetable dealers wait on their boats at a floating vegetable market at Dal Lake in Srinagar.

A Kashmiri man in his boat waits for customers at the floating vegetable market on the Dal Lake in Srinagar.

Amid lockdown due to deadly Coronavirus pandemic, vegetable dealers have to wait longer for a customer.?

In Srinagar, over 4,000 coronavirus infections have been reported and nearly 100 people lost their lives due to the deadly virus.