The old city, so fondly called as Downtown, is not just a geography, not just an administrative parcel of land, not just a mix of markets and Mohalls, it goes well beyond. It is a breathing testament of Kashmir’s core cultural personality. This part of the city carries a significance no other area can boast of carrying. It is the depth of culture, the spread of history, the kaleidoscope of arts and crafts, a  spectrum of architecture and a soundbox of our original melody that the Kashmiri language is.........

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