Badami Bagh
Badami Bagh or Badam Bagah is a cantonment town on the outskirts of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Badami Bagh or Badam Bagah is a cantonment town on the outskirts of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Established in the 1920s as military barracks on a site containing several ancient Hindu and Budhhist ruins near Pandrethan, the Badami Bagh Cantonment currently serves as the headquarters of the Indian Army's Chinar Corps, with many of the army's soldiers residing here. The cantonment is established on the two road sides of Jammu–Srinagar National Highway, on the banks of the Jhelum River. A c. 8th–9th century architecturally significant Shiva Temple is located inside the cantonment.
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Worth seeing in and around Badami Bagh
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Dal Lake
Dal is a freshwater lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir in Indian-administered Kashmir. It is an urban lake, the second largest lake in Jammu and Kashmir, and the most visited place in Srinagar by tourists and locals.
5.9 km · lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India · Wikipedia - 02Jamia Masjid
The Jamia Masjid is a Friday mosque located at Nowhatta in the Old City of Srinagar, in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The mosque was commissioned by Sultan Sikandar in 1394 CE and completed in 1402 CE, at the behest of Mir Mohammad Hamadani, the son of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, and is regarded as one of the most important mosques in Kashmir.
4.9 km · historic mosque in Srinagar, India · Wikipedia - 03Roza Bal
The Roza Bal or Rouza Bal is a shrine located in the Khanyar quarter in downtown area of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The word roza means tomb, the word bal means place.
4.1 km · holy site in Srinagar, India · Wikipedia - 04Shankaracharya Temple, Srinagar
Shankaracharya Temple or Jyeshteshwara Temple is a Hindu temple situated on top of the Zabarwan Range in Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is dedicated to Shiva.
1.2 km · 7th century hilltop Hindu temple in Jammu and Kashmir · Wikipedia - 05Salim Ali National Park
Salim Ali National Park or City Forest National Park is a national park located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It covered an area of 9.07 km2.
4.4 km · national park in India · Wikipedia - 06Koh-i-Maran
Hari Parbat, also called Koh-i-Maran, 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.
5.1 km · hill overlooking Srinagar, India · Wikipedia - 07Nigeen Lake
Nigeen Lake is a lake located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is mildly eutrophic, a term that refers to a body of water rich in nutrients, which cause excessive growth of aquatic plants like algae, resulting in bacteria that consume nearly all the oxygen.
5.1 km · lake in Srinagar, India · Wikipedia - 08Pathar Masjid
The Pathar Mosque, known locally as Naev Masheed, is a Mughal era stone mosque located in the old city of Srinagar, in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located on the left bank of the River Jhelum, just opposite the shrine of Khanqah-e-Moula.
4.7 km · mosque in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir · Wikipedia - 09Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden
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.
4 km · garden in Srinagar district, Jammu and Kashmir, India · Wikipedia - 10Pari Mahal
Pari Mahal is a seven-terraced Mughal garden built on the top of the Zabarwan mountain range. It overlooks the city of Srinagar and the south-west of Dal Lake in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
3.4 km · building in Srinagar, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Badami Bagh
- Airports
- Srinagar (SXR), 12 km · Skardu (KDU), 154 km · Sialkot (SKT), 176 km
- Stations
- Srinagar railway station, 5.2 km
- Amritsar → Badami Bagh53 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · ₹395–495
- Halwara → Badami Bagh159 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · ₹1,400–1,760
- Chandigarh → Badami Bagh254 km · quickest by road, 4h 39m · ₹1,880–2,350
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Badami Bagh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is a minibus from airport to TRC (Tourist Reception Centre).
- Get inHiring a TATA Sumo SUV (fits up to 9 people, or 5 comfortably plus luggage) from Jammu costs approximately ₹1,900-2,700 depending on time of year or even time of day.
- Get inTo reduce costs many people choose not to take an exclusive taxi, and share the Sumo taxi with others.
- Get aroundNegotiate a price with a rickshaw driver before getting in; they are notorious for overcharging and generally being dishonest.
- Get aroundA rickshaw from Nigeen Lake to Boulevard is approximately ₹70 depending on negotiation skills (August 2009).
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Next door to Badami Bagh
Badami Bagh is 4 km from Srinagar, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.