If history of Paris is the history of france, then laalchowk can easily claim the same for Kashmir.The central square of the Srinagar (the Capital of Kashmir) is at the centre of life of Kashmiris.

A VIEW OF LAALCHOWK

Laalchowk houses all major business, government offices, schools, colleges, shopping centres,restraunts ... of Kashmir.For fun and eating out there is not a better address.

From high quality Kashmiri Handicrafts to breathtaking rugs, from Adidas sports shoes to buttered popcorn, there's nothing which is not available in laalchowk.A shoppers delight.

Laalchowk is the centre of city through which flows river Jhelum.On one side of the central square lies the old city, where you can find lovely old houses, grand mosques and shrines and old hindu temples and on the other side the suburbs with most modern architectural houses.

People living or working in Srinagar have to go to or through Laalchwok every day, as all the city transport, neccessarily reaches Laalchowk.

Laalchowk is more than the central square of a city of 1.5 million. It reflects the political, social and economic and day to day life in Kashmir. A popular local saying goes :

If it (anything political, business, fashion or school) is not in laalchowk it is not there at all.

Laalchowk is certainly the..... Business Bazaar of Kashmir .