The lone shikara (Kashmiri gondola) carries us silently across the placid surface of Srinagar’s Nigeen Lake to the far shore, where a large number of wooden houseboats are strung out in a line.

A two-day Houseboat Festival is being organised in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar's Dal Lake. The festival will feature a floating stage, live music, and cultural events, art exhibition, and food ...

Hand-carved cedar houseboats span the lakes of Srinagar, India, with names like "Buckingham Palace." Dal Lake in Srinagar has a population of just under 1,000 houseboats — or shikaras ...