Chashme Shahi
Chashme Shahi, Chashma i Shahi, or Cheshma Shahi, also called Chashma Shahi or Cheshma Shahi, is one of the Mughal gardens built in 1632 AD around a spring by Ali Mardan Khan, a governor of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as per the orders of the Emperor, as a gift for his eldest son Prince Dara Shikoh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Amitraina, Public domain.
- Type: Garden
- Description: garden in Srinagar, India
- Also known as: “Cheshme Shahi”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden and Char Chinar.
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 1¼ km northwest of Chashme Shahi.
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 2½ km northwest of Chashme Shahi.
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 4 km southwest of Chashme Shahi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Indira Nagar and Sonwar Bagh.
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. Indira Nagar is situated 4 km southwest of Chashme Shahi.
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. Sonwar Bagh is situated 4½ km west of Chashme Shahi.
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. Nishat is situated 5 km north of Chashme Shahi.
Chashme Shahi
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Srinagar North, Srīnagar District, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.08582° or 34° 5′ 9″ northLongitude
74.88678° or 74° 53′ 12″ eastOpen location code
8J6P3VPP+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 62069786OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenWikidata ID
Q5087284
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In Other Languages
From Hindi to Western Panjabi—“Chashme Shahi” goes by many names.
- Hindi: “चश्माशाही”
- Kashmiri: “چَشمہٕ شٲہی”
- Tamil: “சஷ்மே சாகி”
- Urdu: “چشمہ شاہی”
- Western Panjabi: “چشمہ شاہی”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chesmeshahi and Cheshmashahi Spring.
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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 “Chashme Shahi”. Photo: Amitraina, Public domain.