YaarBal #1/14

Location : YaarBal, Rainawari Yaarbal means the meeting place of friends as Yaar means friend in Kashmiri and in Persian and Bal is referred to as water body. The much famed water transport in Kashmir is dependent on Yaarbals for loading and unloading their goods and passengers. The Yaarbals are also used for bathing and laundering purposes and are frequented by people, especially womenfolk, for a variety of reasons, so it became a hub for social discourse and exchange of ideas to soothen the mind and soul.