Shalimar Gardens — Attraction in Punjab

Kapurthala is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State (ruled by Ahluwalia Dynasty), a princely state in British India. The secular and aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent buildings based on French and Indo-Saracenic architecture self-narrate its princely past. It is also known as city of Palaces & Gardens. According to the 2011 Census, Kapurthala is the least populated city in India.[2]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, and the other famous shoreline garden in the vicinity is Nishat Bagh. The Bagh was built by Mughal Emperor Jahangir for his wife Nur Jahan, in 1619. The Bagh is considered the high point of Mughal horticulture. It is now a public park. It is also called the "Crown of Srinagar".The architectural details of the three terraces of the garden are elaborate.

The first terrace is a public garden or the outer garden ending in the Diwan-e-Aam (public audience hall). In this hall, a small black marble throne was installed over the waterfallThe garden, as finally laid out, covers an area of 12.4 hectares (31 acres) built with a size of 587 metres (1,926 ft) length on the main axis channel and with a total width of 251 metres (823 ft). The garden has three terraces fitted with 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...

All monuments are lovely, so is this mughal-times garden, named Shalimar. The most famous one we have in Srinagar(J, K & Ladakh State) There are some more in the country at Agra, NaiDilly, Hyderabad and Lucknow & Panjore(HP) etc. These gardens have an essential feature of mughalia style architecture consisting of a central shallow canal with cascading fountains and waterfalls as per natural layout of the garden land which is in several tens of hactares. The paths are mostly marbled lined or red sand-stones steps along the water channels. There are covered verandahs with fillegary work windows on the central canal at regular intervals. At best these gardens are the most prominent symbols of the centuries of slavery undergone happy the masses of this great nation called Hindustan / Bha-ra-ta, having a detailed culture of it's rich past containing a distinct emotional meaning, attachment and a unique rythym..That is the main reason for the success of this nation's unity in diversity. These similar monuments are the truthful proof of our common ç and unifying existence not withstanding the different languages. attires and eating mores. Regards, love, grace &...

Been going there from childhood. As a local, the place is a feeling in itself. Children play here, adults meet and rejoice and the elderly mostly go for a walk. Though not in its pristine form, it is still a local landmark. The architecture is classic and traditional in the Samadhis. Most of the birds nest here so it’s essential for local wildlife too. Some trees here are really old. There are also many wild medicinal plants here which people collect when needed. For me, it’s at par with its...