Hazratbal Mosque

If you were doing a clockwise tour of the lake by shikara, after winding your way through the floating gardens and the channels and waterways you'd eventually come out on the lake and find yourself at the Hazratbal Mosque (Majestic Palace), seven km from Srinagar. The fairly new and shiny mosque enshrines a hair of the prophet. It is simply stuning location on the banks of the beautiful lake with the mountains unfolding as a backdrop. The masque bazaar is very busy on Fridays.

Syyid Abdullah brought the sacred hair to Kashmir in 1692. The mosque is a blend of Moghul and Kashmiri architecture with three tiered roof-topping walls and porticoes of brick masonry on a base of dressed stone.