Verinag
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dooru Verinag, Doru Verinag, Duru Verinag, Veernag, Vernag
thumb|Snow-clad view of Verinag Garden Verinag ( ; ) is a town named after and famous for the Verinag spring and Mughal Garden, near Anantnag city in the Anantnag district of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is also called "gateway of Kashmir" and is a notified area committee with tehsil status (Shahabad Bala Verinag) and is about 26 kilometers away from Anantnag and approximately 78 kilometres south-east from Srinagar which is the summer capital of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Verinag is also the first tourist spot of Kashmir Valley when travelling by road from
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- Verinag
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- Veernag
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- Kashmiri language
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- Gateway of kashmir
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- Town
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- Rice fields in Verinag.jpg
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- View of Verinag town in Anantnag district, J&K, India
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- View of Verinag town in Kashmir, India
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- India Jammu and Kashmir#India
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- Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Country
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- Union territory
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- Jammu & Kashmir
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- District
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- Anantnag
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- Verinag Spring
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- 1851
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- 1851
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- 192212
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- Verinag
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15 sectionsContents
- Verinag Spring and Mughal Garden
- Stone slabs
- Verinag Spring in historical texts
- Verinag Mughal Garden Design
- Verinag Spring Gallery
- Geography
- Climate
- Transport
- Airport
- Road
- Railway
- Demographics
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Snow-clad view of Verinag Garden Verinag ( ; ) is a town named after and famous for the Verinag spring and Mughal Garden, near Anantnag city in the Anantnag district of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is also called "gateway of Kashmir" and is a notified area committee with tehsil status (Shahabad Bala Verinag) and is about 26 kilometers away from Anantnag and approximately 78 kilometres south-east from Srinagar which is the summer capital of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Verinag is also the first tourist spot of Kashmir Valley when travelling by road from Jammu, the winter capital of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir towards Srinagar. There is an octagonal stone basin at Verinag Spring and an arcade surrounding it which were built by Mughal emperor Jahangir in 1620 A.D. Later, a beautiful garden next to this spring, was laid out by his son Shah Jahan. This spring is known to never dry up or overflow. Verinag Spring is also the major source of river Jhelum. Verinag Spring and Mughal Arcade surrounding it is officially recognized by Archaeological Survey of India as a Monument of National Importance.
Verinag spring is the main source of River Jehlum, (vyeth in local Kashmiri language) which flows throughout the valley of Kashmir and finally enters into Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
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