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Srinagar’s shawl houses, houseboats and fruit mandi work with records that stay on paper.

Srinagar combines pashmina, carpet and papier-mâché trades in the old city, houseboats on Dal and Nigeen lakes, the Parimpora fruit mandi and saffron from nearby Pampore. Records live in notebooks, WhatsApp and Tally. Offline-capable order, booking and artisan-tracking software from GullySystem suits these businesses, and the work is delivered remotely from Bengaluru over calls and shared screens.

At a glance

The old city, around Zaina Kadal and the Jhelum’s banks, is home to many shawl, carpet and papier-mâché families, with artisans working in nearby homes and villages. Showrooms on Boulevard Road and in Lal Chowk sell to visitors and take export orders.

Houseboats on Dal and Nigeen lakes and hotels along Boulevard Road host tourists in summer and in the snow season. Parimpora’s fruit mandi and the saffron fields of Pampore link the city to the valley’s farms and orchards.

Around Srinagar

The areas, estates and markets that matter in Srinagar.

The old city

Shawl, carpet and papier-mâché workshops and trading houses operate here, and artisan advances, pieces in progress and export orders are tracked in notebooks. Photographs sit on phones.

Dal Lake, Nigeen Lake and Boulevard Road

Houseboats, hotels, shikara operators and travel agents work along the lakes, and packages, advances and cancellations run through WhatsApp and phone calls. Calendars are kept separately.

Lal Chowk and Residency Road

Retail, clothing, electronics and handicraft showrooms keep counter billing and supplier credit from Delhi and Amritsar as their daily records.

Parimpora fruit mandi

Commission agents sell apples, pears and other fruit from across the valley. Grower accounts, box counts and truck dispatch to outside markets are kept on paper, and settlement follows the last sale.

Rangreth and Zainakote industrial estates

Small units make food products, packaging, furniture and building materials, with stock and dispatch kept in Tally and registers. Production plans are on paper.

Pampore

Saffron growers and traders share the area with dry fruit processors on the highway. Grading, lot records and proof of origin are what buyers ask about.

How software gets chosen

How Srinagar businesses pick and use software.

Srinagar business families have worked through long internet shutdowns and curfews. Before features, the questions are whether software works offline, where the data is stored and who can see it.

Handicraft houses often have a younger family member handling foreign buyers over email and Instagram. Orders and artisan tracking are the usual first modules, and other family members join in later.

Adoption tends to be gradual. A pilot on one product line is a common way in, and the rest of the business follows as staff get used to it.

Where it breaks

Where Srinagar businesses lose time and money.

A shawl passes through many hands over months

A single pashmina may move from spinner to weaver to embroiderer over many months, and the workshop notebook is the only record of where it is and what was advanced. It stays in the workshop.

Houseboat bookings overlap in peak season

Agents in Delhi, online travel sites and walk-ins book the same boats, and without a shared calendar clashes are settled at the dock. Guests notice.

Buyers ask for proof of origin

Foreign buyers want to see the source of a pashmina, but the GI label and test details are on paper that does not travel with the shawl. Proof arrives late.

How it works

How the work runs from Bengaluru for Srinagar.

  1. 1

    The audit, by call

    A screen-share and a look at the sheets, accounting reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.

  2. 2

    A written proposal

    Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.

  3. 3

    Build in short rounds

    Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.

  4. 4

    Go-live, in person when it helps

    For data migration and training we can come to Srinagar. Travel is agreed in advance.

  5. 5

    Support online

    Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.

Common questions

Questions Srinagar owners ask before they call.

Can a shawl or carpet house track each piece through its artisans?

Yes. Each piece gets a record of the artisans it passes through, with dates, advances paid and a photograph at each stage. The owner sees what is where and what is still owed.

Can houseboats and hotels take bookings from agents and online sites in one calendar?

Yes. A shared calendar takes in online bookings and lets agents and staff add theirs, so a boat or room is not sold twice. It keeps working offline and syncs when the network returns.

What happens after I share my requirements?

An engineer reads what you send and replies within one business day. We then look at the software, spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups your business runs on today and write down what works, what slows your team down and what is missing. A demo login, a screen-share or a few screenshots are enough. You get a short written summary ordered by priority, with no obligation to hire us afterwards.

How much will the software cost?

We don’t publish a price, because it depends on what the system has to do. That first review settles the scope, and the cost goes into a written proposal before any work starts.

Industries

Industries we build for in Srinagar.

Nearby

Elsewhere in Jammu and Kashmir.

Talk to us

Tell us what your Srinagar business runs on today.

Send a short note on the spreadsheets, software or WhatsApp groups your team depends on. We reply the same working day.

What happens after you share your requirements

  1. A senior engineer reads your answers. Nobody phones first.
  2. Within one business day you get a written note: what we understood, what we would start with, and the questions we still have.
  3. If it fits, a proposal follows with the order of work, what we need from you and what you receive at each step.
  4. No call is booked and nothing is paid until you have read the note. Your details stay with us.

Start with your requirements

Seven short steps that tell us what you need. A senior engineer reads them before anyone gets in touch.

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