Shalimar Bagh
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Garden
- Description: Mughal garden in Srinagar, Kashmir
- Also known as: “Shalamar Bagh”, “Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar”, and “Shalimar Garden”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nishat Bagh and Burzahom archaeological site.
Nishat Bagh
Garden
Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.
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. Nishat Bagh is situated 3 km south of Shalimar Bagh.
Burzahom archaeological site
Archaeological site
University of Kashmir
University
Photo: SerCrappucino, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. University of Kashmir is situated 4 km southwest of Shalimar 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
Photo: Owais khursheed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 southwest of Shalimar Bagh.
Lal Bazar
Suburb
Photo: Sarkaaaar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 southwest of Shalimar Bagh.
Shalimar 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
34.14958° or 34° 8′ 59″ northLongitude
74.87295° or 74° 52′ 23″ eastOpen location code
8J6P4VXF+R5OpenStreetMap ID
way 168097578OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q851242
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Shalimar Bagh” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “শালিমার বাগ”
- Chinese: “斯利那加沙利馬爾花園”
- Chinese: “斯利那加沙利马尔花园”
- Esperanto: “Ŝalimaraj Ĝardenoj”
- Finnish: “Shalimar Bagh”
- French: “jardins de Shalimar”
- French: “Jardins de Shalimar”
- German: “Shalimar-Gärten”
- Hindi: “शालिमार”
- Hindi: “शालीमार उद्यान, कश्मीर”
- Hindi: “शालीमार उद्यान”
- Hindi: “शालीमार बाग (काश्मीर)”
- Hindi: “शालीमार बाग़, श्रीनगर”
- Hindi: “शालीमार बाग”
- Irish: “Gairdíní Shalimar”
- Italian: “giardini Shalimar”
- Italian: “Giardini Shalimar”
- Japanese: “シャリマル・バーグ”
- Kashmiri: “شالہٕ مٲر باغ، سِریٖنگَر”
- Malay: “Shalimar Bagh”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shalimar Bagh”
- Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਾਲੀਮਾਰ ਬਾਗ , ਸ੍ਰੀ ਨਗਰ”
- Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਾਲੀਮਾਰ ਬਾਗ”
- Persian: “باغ شالیمار، سرینگر”
- Sanskrit: “shalimar bagh”
- Tamil: “சாலிமர் தோட்டம், சிறீநகர்”
- Tamil: “சாலிமர் தோட்டம்”
- Thai: “ชาลีมาร์บาฆ (ศรีนคร)”
- Thai: “ชาลีมาร์บาฆ”
- Urdu: “شالیمار باغ، سرینگر”
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Notable Places Nearby
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