Badami Bagh
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.
Getting around Badami Bagh the local way
- 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).
- Go nextJammu Jeeps leave daily as well as buses, be aware that J&K bus company quite often go on strike.
- Go nextJeep costs ₹350-450 and takes approx 8 hr.
- Go nextOne can take package tours advertised in the Tourist Information Centre.
From Wikivoyage: Srinagar, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Hamza Ali Amjad (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.