Nowhatta
Nowhatta, known as Navyut in Kashmiri, is a town of historical importance situated at a distance of 5 km from Lal Chowk, Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Nowhatta, known as Navyut in Kashmiri, is a town of historical importance situated at a distance of 5 km from Lal Chowk, Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Nowhatta is famous because of Historical Mosque known as Jamia Masjid. Nowhatta area has eighteen sub-communities Mohalla.
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Worth seeing in and around Nowhatta
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.
6 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.
200 m · historic mosque in Srinagar, India · Wikipedia - 03Hazratbal Shrine
The Hazratbal Shrine, also known as Dargah Hazratbal, is a Sufi dargah and mosque located in Hazratbal area of Srinagar, in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The shrine houses the Moi-e-Muqqadas, a relic traditionally believed to be a hair strand of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.
4.4 km · Muslim shrine in Kashmir · Wikipedia - 04Shalimar Bagh
Shalimar Bagh is a Mughal garden in Srinagar, Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, located at the northeast of Dal Lake. It is also known as Shalimar Garden, Farah Baksh, and Faiz Baksh.
8 km · Mughal garden in Srinagar, Kashmir · Wikipedia - 05Roza 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.
900 m · holy site in Srinagar, India · Wikipedia - 06Shankaracharya 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.
3.9 km · 7th century hilltop Hindu temple in Jammu and Kashmir · Wikipedia - 07Nishat Bagh
Nishat Bagh is a terraced Mughal garden built on the eastern bank of the Dal Lake, close to Srinagar in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is the second-largest Mughal garden in the Kashmir Valley after Shalimar Bagh.
7.1 km · terraced Mughal garden at Dal Lake, near Srinagar, Kashmir, India · Wikipedia - 08Salim 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.
2.2 km · national park in India · Wikipedia - 09Koh-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.
900 m · hill overlooking Srinagar, India · Wikipedia - 10University of Kashmir
University of Kashmir, informally known as Kashmir University, is a public state university located in the Hazratbal neighbourhood, on the western side of Dal Lake in the city of Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, which was established in 1948. The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs in the fields of liberal arts, business, commerce & management studies, education, law, applied sciences & Technology, biological sciences, physical & material sciences, social sciences, medicine, dentistry, engineering, oriental learning, and music & fine arts.
4.4 km · state public university in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Nowhatta
- Airports
- Srinagar (SXR), 13 km · Skardu (KDU), 153 km · Sialkot (SKT), 179 km
- Stations
- Srinagar railway station, 9.2 km · Budgam railway station, 9.6 km
- Amritsar → Nowhatta275 km · quickest by air, 4h 26m · ₹4,690–7,180
- Halwara → Nowhatta383 km · quickest by air, 4h 5m · ₹5,310–8,170
- Chandigarh → Nowhatta417 km · quickest by air, 4h 23m · ₹5,710–8,780
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No local-transport research exists yet for Nowhatta
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 Nowhatta. 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 Nowhatta
Nowhatta is 2 km from Srinagar, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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