Hari Parbat

Hari Parbat is a hill overlooking Srinagar, the largest city and summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is the site of a fort, built in the Durrani era, and of a Hindu temple, mosques, and gurdwara.

Hari Parbat
Hari Parbat and the Durrani Fort.
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Location of Hari Parbat
Hari Parbat
Hari Parbat (India)
LocationSrinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Parent rangeKarakorum

Durrani Fort

The first fortifications on the site were constructed by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1590 who built an outer wall for the fort as part of his plans for a new capital called Nager Nagor. The project, however, was never completed. The present fort was built in 1808 under the reign of Shuja Shah Durrani.

Sharika temple

Another name for the hill is Pradyumna Peeth.[1] It is considered sacred by the Kashmiri Pandits and hosts a temple of Shakti, who is worshipped there under the name Jagadamba Sharika Bhagawati (or simply Sharika) and depicted as having 18 arms and sitting in Shri Chakra.

Muslim shrines

The southern side of Hari Parbat features Makhdoom Sahib, the shrine of Hamza Makhdoom, a 16th-century Kashmiri Sufi saint locally known as Hazrat Sultan and Sultan-ul-Arifeen.[2][3]

Another shrine on the hill's southern slope is dedicated to Shah Badakhshi, a 17th-century Sufi saint.

Gurdwara Chatti Patshahi

Gurdwara Chatti Patshahi at Kathi Darwaja, Rainwari, Srinagar is a Sikh gurdwara. It is believed that Guru Har Gobind, the sixth Sikh guru, travelled through Kashmir, stayed there for few days.[4][5]

Gurdwara Guru Nanak Dev Hari Parbat[6]

Guru Nanak visited this place in early sixteenth century.Place where he sat and had discourse with people was earmarked with a pedestal by Moh. ATA Khan general of Akbar who built Fort here as per orders of Akbar . Small Gurdwara at the place was further built by Guru Hargobind when he visited here is still existing with Nishan Sahib (Sikh flag) and managed by local people.

  • Hari Parbat from Dal Lake, Srinagar.
  • Hari Parbat as seen from downtown Srinagar, Kashmir.
  • Sharika Temple
  • Sharika Temple
  • Wooden windows of Hari Parbat Temple
  • Shrine of Hamza Makhdoom, Srinagar.
  • Kathi Darwaza – Main outer entrance to Fort
  • View of the temple from the stairs
  • Gurdwara Chatti Patshahi, Rainawari
  • Hari Parvat
  • Mata Temple
  • Kathi Darwaza

References
  1. Origin Archived 9 May 2012 at WebCite
  2. Hamza Makhdum
  3. Makhdoom Sahib Shrine
  4. "Gurudwara Patshahi Chevin, Village Rainawari". AllAboutSikhs.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  5. "SRĪNAGAR (34º-5'N,74º-50'E)". eos.learnpunjabi.org. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  6. "Gurdwara Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Hari Parbat, Sri Nagar | Sikh Philosophy Network". www.sikhphilosophy.net. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
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