This post’s featured image is “representative” of tourists’ experience of Srinagar’s Dal Lake.
”Pristine” is certainly not a suitable adjective, but many and varied others are appropriate!
Future, multiple-image posts will illustrate what I mean when I describe Kashmir’s most famous body of water as “the Alice’s Restaurant of lakes”.
(this post’s Dal Lake photo is ©️ Doug Spencer, taken on 04 May 2024)