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Nishat Bagh is a terraced Mughal garden built on the eastern side of the Dal Lake, close to Srinagar in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is the second largest Mughal garden in the Kashmir Valley. Nishat Bagh, is also located on the bank of the Dal Lake.
Nishat is famous for the Nishat Gardens (Nishat Bagh). And is a very popular tourist destination. The Nishat Bagh is a 12 terraced garden located near Srinagar's famous Dal Lake. It is the second-largest Mughal garden in Kashmir after Shalimar Bagh. Nishat Bagh was designed and built in 1633 by Asif Khan, the elder brother of Nur Jehan. [3]
The song was set to music by Lawrence Hope herself and was very popular in Europe. [16] Salman Rushdie's 2005 novel Shalimar the Clown refers to the garden in its title as well as the name of the central character who "has turned from a benign, tightrope-walking clown in a Kashmiri village into a Muslim terrorist".
A well covered dome in the garden is named after an Afghan ruler, Warris Shah. The park is in full bloom during the spring season. The garden is spread over more than 300 kanals of land. The park was revived by the Jammu & Kashmir Bank in 2008; [1] prior to this the park was left abandoned and nomads used to live there during summer.
Chashme Shahi, Chashma i Shahi, or Cheshma Shahi (translation: the royal spring), also called Chashma Shahi or Cheshma Shahi, is one of the Mughal gardens built in 1632 AD around a spring by Ali Mardan Khan, a governor of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as per the orders of the Emperor, as a gift for his eldest son Prince Dara Shikoh.
Lake in the botanical garden. The Jawaharlal Nehru Botanical Garden is a botanical garden in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, which was set up in 1969 and fully established in 1987. It was created in memory of India's first Prime Minister. It contains many types of plants and vegetation.
Kokernag is a sub-district town and a notified area committee in Breng Valley (The Golden Crown of Kashmir), Anantnag district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The place is known for its botanical gardens, pristine freshwater springs, and rainbow trout farm. It is 25.3 km from Anantnag District via NH244.
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