Shankaracharya Temple
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hindu temple
- Description: 7th century hilltop Hindu temple in Jammu and Kashmir
- Also known as: “Jyeshteshwara temple”, “Shankaracharya”, “Shankarāchārya”, “Shankaracharya Temple, Srinagar”, and “Shankurāchārya”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shankaracharya Hill and Badami Bagh.
Shankaracharya Hill
Peak
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.
Badami Bagh
Military installation
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. Badami Bagh is situated 2 km southeast of Shankaracharya Temple.
Zero Bridge
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Zero Bridge is a wooden arch pedestrian bridge in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It spans the Jhelum River, connecting the Sonwar area on the north bank with Rajbagh on the south. Zero Bridge is situated 1½ km southwest of Shankaracharya Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sonwar Bagh and Indira Nagar.
Sonwar Bagh
Suburb
Sonwar Bagh, sometimes referred to as Sonwar, is a residential area in the Badami Bagh Cantonment region on the outskirts of Srinagar city, in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Indira Nagar
Suburb
Indira Nagar is a residential area in the city of Srinagar in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It used to be a lake before but now only a few hundred meters of the lake are left.
Rajbagh
Suburb
Photo: Sarkaaaar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rajbagh is a notified area in the municipal committee of Srinagar, in the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It comes under the Lal chowk constituency.
Shankaracharya Temple
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Srinagar North, Srīnagar District, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.07896° or 34° 4′ 44″ northLongitude
74.84361° or 74° 50′ 37″ eastElevation
1,865 metres (6,119 feet)Open location code
8J6P3RHV+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 168163596OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Shankaracharya Temple” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “শঙ্করাচার্য মন্দির”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد شانكاراشاريا”
- Hindi: “शंकराचार्य मंदिर”
- Kannada: “ಶಂಕರಾಚಾರ್ಯ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ”
- Kashmiri: “شنٛکراچاریہ مَندَر”
- Malayalam: “ശങ്കരാചാര്യ ടെംപിൾ”
- Panjabi: “ਸ਼ੰਕਰਾਚਾਰੀਆ ਮੰਦਰ”
- Tamil: “சங்கராச்சாரியார் கோயில்”
- Tatar: “Шанкарачарья гыйбадәтханәсе”
- Thai: “ศังกราจารย์มนเทียร”
- Urdu: “شنکر اچاریہ مندر”
- Western Panjabi: “شنکر اچاریہ مندر”
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