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English: Shalimar Bagh is a Mughal garden in Srinagar, linked through a channel to the northeast of Dal Lake, on its right bank located on the outskirts of Srinagar city in Jammu and Kashmir. The other famous shore line garden in the vicinity is Nishat Bagh. The Bagh was built by Mughal Emperor Jahangir for his wife Nur Jahan, in 1619.
Shalimar Bagh in Srinagar, April 2013. In the third terrace, the axial water channel flows through the Zenana garden, which is flanked by the Diwan-e-Khas and chinar trees. At the entrance to this terrace, there are two small pavilions or guard rooms (built in Kashmir style on stone plinth) that is the restricted and controlled entry zone of ...
Poultry, the valley of Lolab was famous for the best quality of poultry. [82] The practice of capon was known to the Kashmiris. [83] Chicken Soup (shurba literally meaning saltish water, ba is the reverse of aab meaning water). [84] Other edible birds. [58] Dog's flesh, cooked by people of Dom origin. [85] Handu sheep, delicate and sweet in ...
Rice is the staple food of Kashmiris and has been so since ancient times. [9] Meat, along with rice, is the most popular food item in Kashmir. [10] Kashmiris consume meat voraciously. [11] Despite being Brahmins, most Kashmiri Hindus are meat eaters. [12] Kashmiri beverages include Noon Chai or Sheer Chai and Kahwah or Kehew.
Srinagar is one of several places that have been called the "Venice of the East". [24] [25] [26] Lakes around the city include Dal Lake – noted for its houseboats – and Nigeen Lake. Apart from Dal Lake and Nigeen Lake, Wular Lake and Manasbal Lake both lie to the north of Srinagar. Wular Lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia.
Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip garden, previously Model Floriculture Center, is a tulip garden in Srinagar, in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.It is the largest tulip garden in Asia spread over an area of about 30 ha (74 acres).
Yalda Night, or Shab-e Yalda (also spelled Shabe Yalda), marks the longest night of the year in Iran and in many other Central Asian and Middle Eastern countries. On the winter solstice, in a ...
Srinagar is a station on the 119 km (74 mi) long Banihal-Baramulla line that started in October 2009 and connects Baramulla to Srinagar, Anantnag and Qazigund. The railway track also connects to Banihal across the Pir Panjal mountains through a newly constructed 11 km long Banihal tunnel, and subsequently to the Indian railway network after a ...