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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.
It is now a public park and also referred to as the "Crown of Srinagar". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is the earliest of the Mughal imperial gardens called Shalimar Gardens , followed by the one in Lahore , begun in 1641 under Shah Jahan and the one in Delhi , begun in 1653 by Izz-un-Nissa , his wife.
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.
Shankaracharya Temple or Jyeshteshwara Temple is a Hindu temple situated on top of the Zabarwan Range in Srinagar in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is dedicated to Shiva. The temple is at a height of 1,000 feet (300 m) above the valley floor and overlooks the city of Srinagar. The temple is accessible via a road that emerges off ...
Batamaloo or Batmaloo (Urdu pronunciation: [bəʈɑːmɑːluː]), known as Batamalyun [3] (Kashmiri pronunciation: [baʈɨmaːlʲun]) in kashmiri, is a locality in the Srinagar district, [4] of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated just about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) from Lal Chowk, Srinagar.
Srinagar (English: / ˈ s r iː n ə ɡ ər / ⓘ; Kashmiri pronunciation: [siriːnagar]) is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is the largest city and summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, which is an Indian-administered union territory.
Srinagar's Accountant General, one Mr. Blerjee, was appointed as the first president of the museum; Blerjee was also tasked with recording a large collection of coins the museum added to its collection. [3] The museum opened to the public in 1898, with its first collection consisting of items from Majarah Pratap's palace treasury. [3]
Nishat is a town on the eastern outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of the union capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. 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.