Many Pashmina shawls are adorned with hand-embroidery, a practice known as Kani or Sozni embroidery, adding cultural motifs ...

Planning a summer trip to Kashmir, Srinagar, or Ladakh? While these regions offer breathtaking views, snow-covered peaks, and ...

Pashmina shawls are a speciality of the region, as are Tibetan handicrafts including wooden masks, mantra-inscribed prayer stones, singing bowls, silver jewellery, prayer wheels and, of course ...

The love for the aesthetics of this art spread from the Mughals of Ladakh to overseas, when French monarch Napoleon Bonaparte gifted his wife, Josephine, a pashmina shawl. Legend has it that she ...

In the meantime, it will be a sin not to bag some exotic Pashmina shawls from the Srinagar local markets. Papier-mache products are another item that you can carry back home without much hassles.