Hari Parbat#Hindu temple
{{Short description|Prominent hill in Srinagar, India}}
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| name = Hari Parbat
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| photo_caption = View of Hari Parbat
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| location = Srinagar, J&K, India
| range = Zabarwan
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| map_caption = Location of Hari Parbat on Srinagar, India
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| coordinates = {{coord|34|6|19|N|74|48|58|E|type:mountain_scale:100000_region:IN|display=title}}
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| other_name = Koh-i-Maran
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Hari Parbat ({{IPA|ks|haːri parbatʰ}}), also called Koh-i-Maran{{Cite book|last=Asher|first=Catherine .B|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ctLNvx68hIC|title=Architecture of Mughal India|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1992|volume=4|pages=124|isbn=9780521267281|quote="In Kashmir's capital city, Srinagar, Akbar had constructed a massive fort on a high hill known as the Koh-i Maran or Hari Parbat overlooking Dal lake."}}{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/Wkmv_kashir-encyclopedia-vol-1-jk-culture-academy/mode/1up|title=Kashir Encyclopedia|publisher=Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Arts Culture and Languages|year=1986|volume=1|pages=403|language=ks}}{{Cite book|last=Fernandez|first=E.E|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sgFEAAAAIAAJ|title=The Indian Forester|publisher=Thomas Civil Engineering Press|year=1889|volume=15|location=Roorkee|pages=366|quote="The beautiful expanse of water is situated at the foot of the hill called the Hari Parbat or Koh-i-maran."}} ({{IPA|ks|koːhi maːraːn}}), is a hill overlooking Srinagar, the largest city and the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is the site of the Hari Parbat fort, built by the Durrani Empire, and of a Hindu temple, mosques, and gurdwara.
Hari Parbat Fort
{{Main|Hari Parbat 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 at the site of modern-day Srinagar city in Kashmir. The project, however, was never completed. The present fort was built in 1808 under the reign of the Governor of Kashmir Province of the Durrani Empire, Atta Mohammed Khan.
The fort can be reached via two sides of the city, (a) via Rainawari through Kathi Darwaza Gate and (b) via Hawal through the Sangin Darwaza Gate. The fort was closed for almost 2 decades and thrown open to the public in 2007.
The Indian government on 15 August 2021 (the 75th independence day) hoisted a 100 feet tall Indian flag on the top of the fort.{{Cite web |title=India at 75: 100-feet tall national flag hoisted at Hari Parbat Fort in Srinagar - Hari Parbat |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-at-75-100-feet-tall-national-flag-hoisted-at-hari-parbat-fort-in-srinagar/hari-parbat/slideshow/85364234.cms}}
Shrines
= Hindu temple =
Hari Parbat is considered sacred by some Kashmiri Pandits.[http://www.srinagaronline.co.in/attraction.php?pname=attraction Origin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222202835/http://www.srinagaronline.co.in/attraction.php?pname=attraction|date=22 February 2012}} According to Hindu Mythology, the area of Hari Parbat was inhabited by an asura named Jalodbhava. People went on to pray to goddess Parvati for help. She took the form of a bird and dropped a pebble on the asura's head. The pebble grew larger and larger until it crushed the asura. Hari Parbat is revered as that pebble, and Parvati is worshipped under the name Sharika, its temple occupying the middle part of the western slope of the hill. She is depicted as having 18 arms and sitting in Shri Chakra.{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/nilamatapurana|title=Nilamata Purana|date=2014-02-17}}{{Cite web|title=Kashmiri Pandit Network (KPN): Home|url=http://www.ikashmir.net/index.html|access-date=2021-09-23|website=www.ikashmir.net}}{{Cite web|last=Excelsior|first=Daily|date=2014-06-14|title=Hariparbat-The abode of Goddess Sharika|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/hariparbat-abode-goddes-sharika/|access-date=2021-09-23|website=Jammu Kashmir Latest News {{!}} Tourism {{!}} Breaking News J&K|language=en-US}}
= Muslim shrines =
The southern side of Hari Parbat features Makhdoom Sahib, the shrine of Hamza Makhdoom, a 16th-century Kashmiri Sufi saint locally.[http://www.india9.com/i9show/Makhdoom-Sahib-Shrine-58219.htm Hamza Makhdum]{{Cite web |url=http://www.jktourism.org/kashmir/Kashmir___Shrines%20%26%20monuments.htm |title=Makhdoom Sahib Shrine |access-date=28 March 2022 |archive-date=15 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615151530/http://www.jktourism.org/kashmir/Kashmir___Shrines%20%26%20monuments.htm |url-status=dead }}
Built below the fort is a mosque dedicated to Shah Badakhshi, a 17th-century Qadiri Sufi saint. The mosque was built by Mughal princess Jahanara Begum.{{Cite book|last=Asher|first=Catherine B.|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/chol9780521267281|title=Architecture of Mughal India|date=1992-09-24|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-26728-1|pages=215|doi=10.1017/chol9780521267281}}
= Gurdwaras =
File:Gurdwara_Chatti_Patshahi_Srinagar.jpg
Gurdwara Chatti Patshahi at Kathi Darwaza, Rainawari, is believed to be the place where Guru Har Gobind, the sixth Sikh guru, stayed for few days while travelling through Kashmir.{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/gurudwaras-in-india/gurudwara-patshahi-chevin-village-rainawari |title=Gurudwara Patshahi Chevin, Village Rainawari |publisher=AllAboutSikhs.com |access-date=15 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704224101/http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/gurudwaras-in-india/gurudwara-patshahi-chevin-village-rainawari |archive-date=4 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://eos.learnpunjabi.org/SRINAGAR%20(34%C2%BA-5%27N,74%C2%BA-50%27E).HTML|title=SRĪNAGAR (34º-5'N,74º-50'E)|website=eos.learnpunjabi.org|access-date=2020-03-16}}
Gurdwara Guru Nanak Dev is a place where Guru Nanak sat and had discourse with people in early sixteenth century. It was earmarked with a pedestal by Mohammad Ata Khan, a general of Akbar who built the Durrani Fort. A small Gurdwara was later built at the place by Guru Har Gobind.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sikhphilosophy.net/threads/gurdwara-guru-nanak-dev-ji-hari-parbat-sri-nagar.51248/|title=Gurdwara Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Hari Parbat, Sri Nagar |publisher=Sikh Philosophy Network|website=www.sikhphilosophy.net|date=25 August 2019 |access-date=2019-09-14}}
Gallery
File:HariParbat.jpg|Hari Parbat from Dal Lake, Srinagar.
File:Hari Parbat, Srinagar, J&K.jpg|Hari Parbat as seen from downtown Srinagar, Kashmir.
File:Ancient Temple-Hari Parbat.JPG|Sharika Temple
File:Ancient Temple-Hari Parbat-2.JPG|Sharika Temple
File:Wooden windows of Hari Parbat Temple.JPG|Wooden windows of Hari Parbat Temple
File:Sheikh Hamza Makhdum Shrine2.JPG|Shrine of Hamza Makhdoom, Srinagar.
File:Gurdwara Chatti Patshahi.jpg|Gurdwara Chatti Patshahi, Rainawari
File:Hari Parvat.jpg|Hari Parvat
File:WLM@J&K-Kathi Darwaza.jpg|Kathi Darwaza
See also
- Badamwari Park, situated at the foothills of Hari Parbat
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Hari Parbat, Srinagar}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riTNjiDffy4 A Video Presentation on Hari Parbat Temple]
{{Hindu Temples in Jammu and Kashmir}}
Category:Hills of Jammu and Kashmir