SHALIMARG BAGH
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Shalimar Bagh
The Abode Of Love. It is very beautiful garden which are situated in middle of Srinagar , this garden is consider in Mughal garden. Is said to have been a village, built by Paravarassna II. He used to stay here when on a visit to Sukhswami a saint living near Harwan. In 1619 Jehangir ordered a garden to be laid out this spot, calling it, Ferrah Bakkash (Delightful). In 1727 A.D Zaffar-Khan. A governor during the reign of Shah Jahan made an extension of it and called it Faiz Baksh (Bountiful).
The Abode Of Love. It is very beautiful garden which are situated in middle of Srinagar , this garden is consider in Mughal garden. Is said to have been a village, built by Paravarassna II. He used to stay here when on a visit to Sukhswami a saint living near Harwan. In 1619 Jehangir ordered a garden to be laid out this spot, calling it, Ferrah Bakkash (Delightful). In 1727 A.D Zaffar-Khan. A governor during the reign of Shah Jahan made an extension of it and called it Faiz Baksh (Bountiful).
There are four terraces rising one above the other and
nearly of equal dimensions. Bamzai, giving the graphic description of the
garden, writes: "There is a line of tanks or reservoirs along the middle
of the whole length of the garden and these are connected by a canal, 18 inches
deep and from 9 to 14 yards wide. The tanks and the canal with their scheme of
fountains and cascades, are lined with polished limestone, resembling black
marble. The water to feed these is obtained from the Haman stream behind the
garden".
The fourth terrace was the private portion of the garden. The ladies stayed there. "It contains in its centre a magnificent black stone pavilion on which is raised a platform, a little more than three feet high and sixty-five feet square. Its sloping roof is almost 20 feet high and is supported on each side by a row of six elaborately carved black marble pillars, which are polygonal-shaped and fluted". It was used as a banquet hall.
The fourth terrace was the private portion of the garden. The ladies stayed there. "It contains in its centre a magnificent black stone pavilion on which is raised a platform, a little more than three feet high and sixty-five feet square. Its sloping roof is almost 20 feet high and is supported on each side by a row of six elaborately carved black marble pillars, which are polygonal-shaped and fluted". It was used as a banquet hall.
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