FROM the eyes of DR AJAY KUMAR OJHA :
CHASHME SHAHI GARDEN, SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR)
(All the images are subject to IPR)
The Chashme Shahi garden was constucted in & around a spring by the Mughal Governor Ali Mardan Khan in 1632.The Mughal Emperor got it built for his eldest son, Dara Sikoh. The garden is 108 metre long and 38 metre wide. It is the smallest garden among the three Mughal gardens of Srinagar.The Shalimar is the largest and the Nishat garden is the second largest.All the three gardens are at the left bank of the Dal Lake, with Zabarwan mountains at the backdrop.
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Photo(c) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha
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| Photo (c) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha |
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Photo (c) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha
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| Photo(c) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha |
The great female saint of Kashmir, Rupa Bhawani discovered the spring. She was from the Sahib clan of Kashmiri Pandits. The family name of Rupa Bhawani was 'Sahib' and the spring was originally called "Chashme Sahibi" and now the place is known as Chashme Shahi (the Royal Spring).
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| Photo (c) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha |
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| Photo(c) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha |
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