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The city is known for its natural environment, various gardens, waterfronts and houseboats. It is also known for traditional Kashmiri handicrafts like the Kashmir shawl (made of pashmina and cashmere wool), papier-mâché, wood carving, carpet weaving, and jewel making, as well as for dried fruits.
This partial list of city nicknames in India compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in India are known by (or have been known by) historically, officially, or unofficially, to locals, outsiders, or their tourism chambers of commerce.
Hari Parbat (Kashmiri pronunciation: [haːri parbatʰ]), also called Koh-i-Maran [1] [2] [3] (Kashmiri pronunciation: [koːhi maːraːn]), is a hill overlooking Srinagar, the largest city and the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is the site of the Hari Parbat fort, built by the Durrani Empire, and of a Hindu temple, mosques, and gurdwara.
Srinagar, is the summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India, and is situated in the valley of Kashmir. The city lies on both banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus River. The city is famous for its lakes and houseboats floating over them. It is also known for traditional Kashmiri handicrafts and dry fruits.
The Srinagar District is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the ... the city of Srinagar also serves as the Srinagar District's ...
Downtown, popularly known as Shahar-e-Khaas, is the largest and the most densely populated area of the city of Srinagar in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India.. The area is mostly located on the banks of Jhelum river about five km (3.1 mi) from city center.
Verinag is also the first tourist spot of Kashmir Valley when travelling by road from Jammu, the winter capital of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir towards Srinagar. There is an octagonal stone basin at Verinag Spring and an arcade surrounding it which were built by Mughal emperor Jahangir in 1620 A.D.
Akbar is known to have laid a garden in this fort; it is the only palace-garden mentioned in the Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri (memoirs of his son and successor Jahangir). Jahangir ordered the completion of certain unfinished portions of the fort, as well as renovations to Akbar's garden and some of the fort's palace buildings, on a visit to Srinagar in 1620.