Dal Lake is a distance of half km from Srinagar. This lovely lake lies to the east of the city at the foot of the Srindhara (Zabarwan) mountian. The Shankaracharya hill (Takht-I-Sulaiman) is to the south and Hari Parbat on its west. The lake is 6X3 kms and is divided by a causeway into four parts - Gagribal, Lokutdal, Boddal and Nagin.
Lokutdal and Boddal each have an island in the centre, called as Rup Lank and sona Lank respectively. Rup Lank is also known as Char Chinari. The small islands are willow covered, while aroung the lakes are groves of Chinar, Poplar and Willow.
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