hasrat

Updated: May 20, 2025

On May 26th we took shikara and paddled across the Dal Lake to see something of the Mohammedan festival, consisting in a pilgrimage to the Mosque of Hasrat Bal, where a hair of the prophet's beard is the special object of adoration. As we neared the goal the plot thickened.

T. R. Swinburne - A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil