Ali Masjid (at Eidgah)

Ali Masjid (at Eidgah)

Ali Masjid (at Eidgah) by Ahanger HOBO. Ali Masjid was built by Ali Shah’s son of Sultan Sikander and is located at the modern day Eidgah (Eidgah denoting a ground where Eid prayers are offered). The mosque was built next to a fertile grazing ground as a necessity for the yaks and horses of the […]

Jamia Masjid Srinagar Kashmir

Jamia Masjid Srinagar Kashmir

Jamia Masjid Srinagar Kashmir by Ahanger HOBO. The main mosque of Srinagar is located in Nowhatta, the beating heart of the old city. Built for the first time in 1400 by Sultan Sikander, it is a large cathedral-like rectangle that echoes Buddhist monastic architecture, and was possibly built on the ancient site of a Buddhist […]

Pather Masjid Srinagar

Pather Masjid Srinagar

Pather Masjid Srinagar by Ahanger HOBO. Standing on the banks of the Jhelum opposite the Shah-i-Hamdan is the beautiful and cool open plan mosque of Empress Nur Jehan. The only of its kind in Srinagar, it is surrounded by an old stone wall, leaving the mosque quiet and calm and relatively free from distraction. Upon […]

Chalo Kashmir 19-May-2025

Chalo Kashmir 19-May-2025

Chalo Kashmir 19-May-2025 “An Initiative taken by Kolkata Travel Agents to bounce back Kashmir Valley tourism.”

Cheshmashahi Garden

Cheshma Shahi (The Royal Spring) Srinagar, Kashmir.

Cheshma Shahi (The Royal Spring) Open every day, 8am-dusk, INR30 This was built Shah Jehan (Emperor Jehangir’s son) in 1642. It’s known as ‘Royal Spring’ due to the mineral-rich spring water that feeds the water courses. The source of this water emerges within a pavilion at the top of the garden. Many visitors to these […]

Botanical Garden Srinagar | Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden Srinagar | Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden Srinagar | Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Botanical Garden | Ahanger HOBO Botanical Garden Open every day dawn till dusk INR 30/ These gardens lay next to each other at the foot of Pari Mahal Mughal Garden. The botanical garden has a pleasing water feature and is spacious and bright. You will always find couples […]

Four Seasons of Kashmir

Kashmir Seasons

Kashmir has four distinct seasons with..

Kashmir Geography

Kashmir Geography

The geography of Kashmir essentially boils down to mountains

Gulmarg Ahanger HOBO

GULMARG “Medow of Flowers”

Hill station, skiing destination