Chashme Shahi

Chashme Shahi
Chasme Shahi
The Royal Spring
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TypeMughal garden
LocationSrinagar, Kashmir, India
Coordinates34°5′10.14″N 74°53′13.79″E / 34.0861500°N 74.8871639°E / 34.0861500; 74.8871639
Area1 acre
Opened1632 (1632)
FounderShah Jahan
Owned byJammu and Kashmir Tourism Department
Operated byJammu and Kashmir Tourism Department
Visitors100,000
StatusOpen March–November
Websitewww.jktourism.org

Chashme Shahi, Chashma i Shahi, or Cheshma Shahi (translation: the royal spring), also called Chashma Shahi or Cheshma Shahi, is one of the Mughal gardens built in 1632 AD around a spring by Ali Mardan Khan, a governor of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as per the orders of the Emperor, as a gift for his eldest son Prince Dara Shikoh.[1][2] The garden is located in the Zabarwan Range, near Raj Bhawan (Governor's house) overlooking Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

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