Shalimar (The Garden of Love) Mughal Garden by Ahanger HOBO.

Open ever day 9am-dusk, INR30

In the old days Shalimar was a villa built in the 2nd Century where one Kashmiri King Pravarasena II used to stay when he went to visit his guru at Harwan. Praversena II founded the city of Srinagar and ruled in Kashmir from79 AD to 139 AD. After his reign it fell into ruin, but the village there kept the name, Shalimar. In 1619 these nsualist Emperor Jehangir ordered a garden to be laid out at this spot for his love, Nur Jehan “light of the world”.

It is said that Emperor Jehangir and his wife Nur Jahan were so enamoured of Kashmir that during summer they moved to Srinagar with their full court entourage from Delhi. Shalimar Bagh was their imperial summer residence and the Royal Court. They crossed the arduous snowy passes of the Pir Panjal mountain range on elephants to reach Srinagar.

Type Mughal garden
Location Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Coordinates 34°8′32.48″N 74°51′46.48″E
Area 12.4 hectares (31 acres)
Opened 1619; 406 years ago

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Founder Jahangir
Designer Jahangir
Owned by Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department
Operated by Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department
Website srinagar.nic.in