Nishat Bagh
Nishat Bagh is a terraced Mughal garden built on the eastern bank of the Dal Lake, close to Srinagar in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is the second-largest Mughal garden in the Kashmir Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Garden
- Description: terraced Mughal garden at Dal Lake, near Srinagar, Kashmir, India
- Also known as: “Aishāt Bāgh”, “Mughal Gardens”, “Nishāt Bāgh”, “Nishat Garden”, and “Nishat Gardens”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shalimar Bagh and Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden.
Shalimar Bagh
Garden
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Shalimar Bagh is a Mughal garden in Srinagar of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, located at the northeast of Dal Lake. It is also known as Shalimar Garden, Farah Baksh, and Faiz Baksh. Shalimar Bagh is situated 3 km north of Nishat Bagh.
Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden
Garden
Photo: Kevin.abraham335, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip garden, previously Model Floriculture Center, is a tulip garden in Srinagar, in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden is situated 3 km south of Nishat Bagh.
Char Chinar
Islet
Photo: RamMaram, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Char Chinar, also sometimes called Char Chinari, Ropa Lank, or Rupa Lank, is an island in Dal Lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. The island located on the Lakut Dal is known as Roph Lank and is marked with four Chinar trees growing at the corners, thus known as Char Chinari. Char Chinar is situated 3 km southwest of Nishat Bagh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nishat and Hazratbal.
Nishat
Suburb
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.
Hazratbal
Suburb
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Hazratbal is a notified area situated in the Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir. It is about 10 km from the Srinagar city center. The area became famous after the construction of Hazratbal Shrine, where hundreds of thousands of people visit every year because many relics related to the Islamic prophet Muhammad are believed to be there. Hazratbal is situated 4 km west of Nishat Bagh.
Lal Bazar
Suburb
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Lal Bazar is a locality in the municipal committee of Srinagar in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It comes under the Zadibal constituency of the Srinagar Legislative Assembly. Lal Bazar is situated 6 km west of Nishat Bagh.
Nishat Bagh
- Categories: tourism, recreation area, and tourist attraction
- Location: Srinagar North, Srīnagar District, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.1252° or 34° 7′ 31″ northLongitude
74.88157° or 74° 52′ 54″ eastElevation
1,608 metres (5,276 feet)Open location code
8J6P4VGJ+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 168097515OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
1429618Wikidata ID
Q1772796
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Panjabi—“Nishat Bagh” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Nishat Bagh”
- French: “Nishat Bagh”
- German: “Nishat Bagh”
- Hindi: “निशात बाग”
- Hindi: “निशात बाग़”
- Hindi: “निशात”
- Italian: “Nishat Bagh”
- Kashmiri: “نِشاط باغ”
- Kashmiri: “نِشاط_باغ”
- Malay: “Nishat Bagh”
- Panjabi: “ਨਿਸ਼ਾਤ ਬਾਗ਼”
- Persian: “نشاط باغ (هند)”
- Persian: “نشاط باغ”
- Sanskrit: “nishat”
- Tamil: “நிசாத் தோட்டம், காஷ்மீர்”
- Urdu: “نشاط باغ”
- Uzbek: “Nishat bogʻi”
- Western Panjabi: “نشاط باغ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tailbal(Habak Shanpora) and Baba Gulamdin Sahib.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mughal Garden Nishat Bagh and Nishat Mughal Garden.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nishat Bagh”. Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.