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JALALI HOUSE
SRINAGAR
Photo: Shuaib Masoodi
Jalali House in Zadibal,old Srinagar,is a living example of the Valleys wooden architectural heritage. The three-storeyed,18,000-square-foot house was constructed by Aga Syed Hasan Shah Jalali,a social worker and landlord,in 1863. His descendant and current owner,former Jamp;K tourism director Syed Iftikhar Hussain Jalali,walks around the house every morning with a wooden stick to fill the gaps caused by pecking of birds. Except for turning a small room into a bathroom,no change has been made to it for the last 150 years. Jalali House has three private bedrooms,four small rooms,old baths,and spacious halls which can hold up to 200 people at a time. Safwat Zargar
