Shalimar Bagh Mughal Garden

Shalimar Bagh Mughal Garden

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Kali ini saya akan share kan sebuah lagi mughal garden yang ada di Srinagar iaitu Shalimar.

Shalimar Mughal Garden merupakan taman yang paling popular dilawati oleh pengunjung. Ianya juga terletak di tebing Tasik Dal seperti juga Nishat Garden.

Shalimar Bagh dibina rata, tidak seperti Nishat Bagh yang dibina bertingkat-tingkat, namun konsep tamannya adalah sama.

Shalimar Bagh dibina oleh Maharaja Shah Jahan untuk isterinya, Nur Jahan. Bahagian taman yang paling cantik dikatakan ketika itu, hanya boleh dimasuki oleh wanita-wanita Diraja saja.

Kashmir mempunyai 4 musim. Bunga akan berkembang mekar pada musim bunga (spring) dan musim panas (summer). Tetapi di Kashmir ini, jenis-jenis bunganya mekar pada waktu yang berlainan.

The word Shalimar in Sanskrit means 'abode of love'. Shalimar Bagh is a Mughal garden in Srinagar, linked through a channel to the northeast of Dal Lake. Its other names are Shalimar Garden, Shalimar Bagh, Farah Baksh, and Faiz Baksh.

Emperor Jahangir built his celebrated Shalimar Bagh, his dream project to please his queen. He enlarged the ancient garden in 1619 into a royal garden and called it 'Farah Baksh' ('the delightful'). He built it for his wife Nur Jahan ('light of the world'). In 1630, under Emperor Shah Jahan’s orders, Zafar Khan the governor of Kashmir extended it. He named it ‘Faiz Baksh’ ('the bountiful'). It then became a pleasant place for the Sikh governors of the province.

During the Mughal period, in particular, Emperor Jahangir and his wife Nur Jahan were so enamored of Kashmir that during summer they moved to Srinagar with their full-court entourage from Delhi at least 13 times. 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.

The garden was linked to the open Dal Lake water through a canal of about 1 mile (1.6 km) length and 12 yards (11 m) in width that ran through the swampy quagmire. Willow groves and rice terraces fringed the lake edge. Broad green paths bordered the lake with rows of chinar trees. The garden was laid in trellised walkways lined by avenues of aspen trees planted at 2 feet (0.61 m) interval.

Dikawasan taman ini juga ada disediakan pakaian tradisional Kashmiri untuk disewa oleh para pengunjung yang ingin mengabadikan gambar mereka dalam pakaian kashmiri.

Nishat Bagh - Mughal Garden

NISHAT BAGH

Nishat Bagh, terletak di timur Tasik Dal dan berlatar belakang bukit Zabarwan. Nishat Bagh merupakan sebuah Taman Mughal yang sangat cantik dan ianya adalah taman yang kedua terbesar di Lembah Kashmir selepas Shalimar Garden, yang juga terletak di tebing Tasik Dal.

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Nishat Bagh, also known as the Garden of Joy, is a terraced Mughal garden sprawled along the eastern side of the Dal Lake, with the towering Zabarwan hills as its backdrop, in the city of Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. The second-largest Mughal garden in the Kashmir Valley, it is eclipsed only by the Shalimar Bagh, which also lies on the banks of the Dal Lake.

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The aptly named ‘garden of joy' is truly a sight to behold, designed by Asaf Khan, on the orders of Mughal Emperor Jahangir, as a token of love for his wife Nur Jahan, the sister of Asaf Khan; also to serve as a place of leisure and reminiscence. Widely considered to be a master class of Mughal horticulture, the garden teems with rarely seen species of flowering plants, complete with lengthy alleyways lined with Chinar and cypress trees. Fondly named as the Garden Farah Baksh or the ‘Bestower of Pleasure’ by Emperor Jahangir, the garden also came to be known as Faiz Baksh, afterward.

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Nishat Bagh has surprisingly remained intact since its construction in 1619. A garden that has stayed true to its Persian heritage, with its panorama on lines of the Islamic garden layout, the place is spread over 32 acres of flat land, its rectangular shape sculpted into 3 terraces containing pools of flowing water. 

Wondrous to watch is the flow of water from the higher terrace pool to the lower one, sashaying down as a resplendent waterfall. Every pool has multiple water-fountains lined-up in the center, outlined by rows of Chinar trees and walk-ways running in tandem with the pool. The source of water is the central water-canal ‘Shah Nahar’, fed as it is by a mile long canal drawing water from the Dal Lake.

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Each of the three floors of the terrace has its own specialty, the first one containing a public audience hall with a black marble throne conveniently placed at the center. The second terrace houses the ‘Diwan-e-khaas’, originally meant for the Emperor’s conversations with his nobles. The third terrace is characterised by two small stone-pavilions for the royal harem, surrounded by the splendorous Zenana Gardens, which also contains a black-marble pavilion called the Baradari.

Pari Mahal

Pari Mahal dahulunya adalah sebuah istana, yang berdiri megah di atas bukit Gunung Zabarwan. Ianya telah dibina ketika era pemerintahan Maharaja Shah Jahan dan telah pun berusia lebih 400 tahun. Kini, ia telah menjadi sebuah taman indah yang dipenuhi dengan pokok yang cantik tersusun.

Bandar Srinagar-Kashmir mempunyai begitu banyak taman-taman yang cantik dan besar, dari pemerintahan zaman Moghul. Di Pari Mahal, masih nampak kesan-kesan istana di situ. Dari tingkat atas, anda boleh nampak pemandangan yang indah di sepanjang tasik Dal yang besar itu.

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Pari Mahal or The Fairies' Abode is a seven terraced garden located at the top of Zabarwan mountain range over-looking city of Srinagar and south-west of Dal lake. The architecture depicts an example of Islamic architecture and patronage of art during the reign of the then Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. 

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It is a five-minute drive from Cheshmashahi, Srinagar. The gardens were established by Prince Dara Shikon in the mid-1600s on the ruins of a Buddhist monastery. Dara, the son of Emperor Shah Jahan followed the Qadiri order of Sufi Islam and made the garden for his tutor. It was further used as an observatory, useful for teaching astrology and astronomy.

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Hazratbal Mosque

Hazratbal Mosque

Masjid Hazratbal atau pun dikenali sebagai Masjid Putih adalah merupakan salah satu dari agenda lawatan ke bandar Srinagar. Ianya terletak berhadapan dengan Tasik Dal, begitu cantik sekali, tersergam indah berlatarbelakang gunung dan ianya dibina daripada batu marmar putih.

The Hazratbal Shrine is situated on the left bank of the famous Dal Lake in Srinagar. This unmatched reverence is anchored in the love and respect for the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), whose Moi-e-Muqqadas, the sacred hair from the beard of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is preserved here.

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The Hazratbal mosque also known as White Mosque is situated in Srinagar only 8 Kms from Lal Chowk and 7 kms from Tourist Reception Center, on the western banks of the picturesque Dal Lake. Facing the beautiful Nishat Bagh, the mosque offers a spectacular view of the lake and the mountain afar. This revered shrine houses the Moi-e-Muqqadus (preserved sacred hair) of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Public display of the Moi-e-Muqqadas takes place only on religious occasions.

Some of the other names of the Hazratbal mosque are Assar-e-Sharief, Madinat-us-Sani, and Dargah Sharif. One of the most revered Muslim shrines, Hazratbal is an epitome of the love and respect of Muslims for the Prophet.

The Hazratbal Mosque of Kashmir is a beautiful structure of immaculate white marble. The Muslim Auqaf Trust headed by Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah started the construction work on this marble structure in 1968.

The construction took about eleven years and the mosque was completed in 1979. The Friday prayers offered at Hazratbal attract the resident Muslim in huge numbers. Another attraction of Hazratbal is that it is the only domed mosque in Srinagar.

Hazratbal Shrine of Kashmir, India dates back to as far as the early seventeenth century. The Subedar of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan, Sadiq Khan, constructed Ishrat Mahal (Pleasure House), along with a garden at the site of the mosque in 1623. However, when Shah Jahan visited the place in 1634, he ordered the conversion of the palace into a prayer house.

But, it was only during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb that Moi-e-Muqqadus arrived in Kashmir in 1699. Initially, it was kept in the shrine of Naqashbad Sahib situated in the center of the city.

....Pastikan anda berpeluang untuk melawat ke masjid marmar putih ini.