Full HD Video Of Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar, Kashmir, India

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Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar, Kashmir, India: Shalimar Bagh (Garden), The famous Mughal Garden at Srinagar, India was built by Mughal Emperor Jahangir for his beloved wife Nur Jahan, in 1619. The garden is located near the Zabarwan Mountain Range. The garden has three terraces with fountains and with Chinar (sycamore) tree-lined vistas. Some of the Chinar trees are 380 to 400 years old. The chinars were brought from Persia (Iran). Shalimar Bagh is fitted with an array of fountains. These fountains gives Shalimar Bagh an extra-ordinary look. The length of Shalimar Bagh is 587 meter and width is 251 meters. Shalimar Bagh is one of the most famous tourist attraction of Kashmir. In 1630, under Emperor Shah Jahan’s orders, Zafar Khan the governor of Kashmir got it extended. During the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh the marble pavilion was the guest house for European visitors. Electrification of the premises was done during Maharaja Hari Singh’s rule. Thus, over the years, the garden was extended and improved by many rulers and called by different names, but the most popular name ‘Shalimar Bagh’ continues to this day. The other names of Shalimar Bagh are Shalamar Garden, Farah Baksh and Faiz Baksh. The Bagh is considered the high point of Mughal horticulture. The garden, as finally laid out, covers an area of 12.4 hectares (31 acres) built with a size of 587 meters (1,926 ft) length on the main axis channel and with a total width of 251 meters (823 ft). The garden has three terraces fitted with an array of fountains and with chinar (sycamore) tree-lined vistas. The Shahnahar is the main feeder channel to all the terraces. Each one of the three terraces has a specific role. 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 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. The layout of the garden is an adaptation of another Islamic garden layout known as the Persian gardens. This garden built on a flat land on a square plan with four radiating arms from a central location as the water source. It needed to be modified to suit the hilly terrain and availability of a well, which could be diverted from a higher elevation to the planned gardens. Modifications involved the main channel running through the garden axially from top to the lowest point. This central channel, known as the Shah Nahar, is the main axis of the garden. It runs through three terraces. This layout left out the radial arms and the shape became rectangular, instead of a square plan of the Chahar Bagh. Shalimar Bagh is situated on the eastern side of Dal Lake and linked through a channel to the northeast of Dal Lake. The other Mughal Gardens are Nishat Bagh and Chashme Shahi. In this video you can see the entrance of Shalimar Bagh, colorful flowers, spectacular fountains and the chinar trees inside the garden. This video of Shalimar Bagh was captured during our visit to Kashmir in May, 2014.