To attract more and more tourists to the Gurez valley in the coming season, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday inaugurated India’s first museum for Dardis which traces the journey of Shina culture, languages, and ‘Gurezi’ way of life.
Labeled as the ‘Shinon Meeras’, the Shina Cultural Centre, is curated and developed by the Indian Army and District Administration, Bandipora. “The centre is a unique tribute to preserve and promote glorious artistic heritage of the Dard-Shin tribal community and to provide glimpses of its rich culture to world,” the Lt Governor said in his inaugural address.