Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar
Shalimar Bagh is a Mughal garden in Srinagar, Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, located at the northeast of Dal Lake.
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. The other famous shoreline garden in the vicinity is Nishat Bagh, 'The Garden of Delight'. The garden was built by Mughal emperor Jahangir in 1619 and is considered the high point of Mughal horticulture. It is now a public park and also referred to as the "Crown of Srinagar".
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Worth seeing in and around Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar
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.
2.6 km · lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India · Wikipedia - 02Hazratbal 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.
2.4 km · Muslim shrine in Kashmir · Wikipedia - 03Shalimar 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.
1.2 km · Mughal garden in Srinagar, Kashmir · Wikipedia - 04Nishat 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.
2.5 km · terraced Mughal garden at Dal Lake, near Srinagar, Kashmir, India · Wikipedia - 05University 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.
2.6 km · state public university in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India · Wikipedia - 06National Institute of Technology, Srinagar
National Institute of Technology Srinagar is a public technical university located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology and, as such, is directly under the control of the Ministry of Education.
2.9 km · institute in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir · Wikipedia - 07Naseem Bagh
Naseem Bagh is a Mughal garden built on the northwestern side of the Dal Lake, close to the city of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The garden is one of the oldest Mughal gardens in Kashmir, built by Mughal emperor Akbar in 1586.
2.3 km · Heritage Garden in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India · Wikipedia - 08Burzahom archaeological site
The Burzahom archaeological site is located in the Srinagar district of the Kashmir Valley in Jammu and Kashmir, India, a region disputed between India and Pakistan. Evidences of wheat were found.
3 km · archaeological site located in the Kashmir Valley of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir · Wikipedia - 09Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir is an agricultural university located in Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. With its main campus and Faculty of Horticulture in Shalimar, Srinagar, the university has multiple campuses, colleges, research and extension centers across the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh Union Territory.
1.4 km · state public university in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India · Wikipedia - 10University Convocation Complex, University of Kashmir
University of Kashmir Convocation Complex is a multi-purpose auditorium complex located inside the main campus of University of Kashmir. It is one of the largest auditorium facilities not only in Jammu and Kashmir, India, but in the whole of North India.
2.7 km · auditorium complex in the University of Kashmir · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar
- Airports
- Srinagar (SXR), 19 km · Skardu (KDU), 147 km · Sialkot (SKT), 185 km
- Amritsar → Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar281 km · quickest by air, 4h 46m · ₹4,850–7,400
- Halwara → Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar388 km · quickest by air, 4h 25m · ₹5,460–8,380
- Chandigarh → Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar420 km · quickest by air, 4h 43m · ₹5,860–8,990
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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 Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar. 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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