Shankaracharya Hill

Shankaracharya Temple or Jyeshteshwara Temple is a situated on top of the Zabarwan Range in in the of the union territory of , India.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,852 metres
  • Description: Hill in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
  • Also known as: “Shankaracharya hill”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shankaracharya Temple and Badami Bagh.

Hindu temple
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or Jyeshteshwara Temple is a situated on top of the Zabarwan Range in in the of the union territory of , India.

Military installation
or Badam Bagah is a cantonment town on the outskirts of in , India. Established in the 1920s as military barracks on a site containing several ancient Hindu and Budhhist ruins near Pandrethan, the Cantonment currently serves as the headquarters of the Indian Army's Chinar Corps, with many of the army's soldiers residing here.

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The or Rouza Bal is a shrine located in the Khanyar quarter in downtown area of in . The word roza means tomb, the word bal means place.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Srinagar and Nowhatta.

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in the is the summer capital of and the largest city in the region.

Suburb
, known as Navyut in Kashmiri, is a town of historical importance situated at a distance of 5 km from Lal Chowk, in , India.

Suburb
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is a notified area in the municipal committee of , in the Union Territory of . It comes under the Lal chowk constituency.

Shankaracharya Hill

Latitude
34.079° or 34° 4′ 44″ north
Longitude
74.8437° or 74° 50′ 37″ east
Elevation
1,852 metres (6,076 feet)
Open location code
8J6P3RHV+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7059169267
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q24883877
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In Other Languages

From Hindi to Western Panjabi—“Shankaracharya Hill” goes by many names.
  • Hindi: “शंकराचार्य पहाड़”
  • Tamil: “சங்கராச்சாரியார் மலை”
  • Urdu: “شنکر اچاریہ پہاڑی”
  • Western Panjabi: “شنکر اچاریہ پہاڑی”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sonwar Bagh and Indira Nagar.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shankaracharya Reserved Forest and Takht e Sulaiman.

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