🇮🇳 New Delhivs🇮🇳 Kashmir

🇮🇳 New Delhi Fun Fact

Delhi has been continuously inhabited for over 5,000 years and has served as the capital of at least seven consecutive empires, giving it more historical layers than almost any city on Earth.

🇮🇳 Kashmir Fun Fact

The Dal Lake 'floating gardens' (rad) are man-made islands of vegetation woven together over centuries — vegetable farmers grow tomatoes, cucumbers, and lotus roots in plots that literally float on the lake and can be poled to market by shikara. Kashmir saffron (Crocus sativus Kashmirianus) grown in the Pampore crocus fields is among the world's most prized — it takes 150,000 flowers to produce 1 kg of dried saffron, and the harvest window is just two weeks in October.