Pir ki Gali or (Peer Gali) is a magnificent natural place located at 11450 fts above the sea level surrounded by Pir Panjal Range, around 3 hr. away from Srinagar, Kashmir city, it has something for everyone on the way it has, Waterfalls, Tall Mountains, Beautiful Landscapes, Mughal Heritages & flowing rivers.
This road used to be a major trade link for the Kashmi, Jammu and Lahore during pre-partition era. The pir panjal passes appears in Srivara’s Rajatarangini as Panchaladeva meaning the deity of Panchala, A stream referred to as Pir Panjal stream runs through the valley, flowing east, which becomes the Rambi Ara River in the Shopian district. Scholar Mohibbul Hassan states that the old route through the pass kept to the southern side of the stream, but the Moghuls switched it to the northern side because a steep cliff called Hastivanj to the south was difficult to cross. The modern “Mughal Road” constructed between 2005 and 2009 is close to the route used by the Mughals, though it is not identical to it.
