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Chakreshwar Temple in Srinagar
About Tour
Sharika Chakreshwar Temple is situated on Hari Parbat, a hillock in Srinagar City. Hari Parbat is also known as Kooh-e-Sulaimaani, is a hill overlooking Srinagar, the largest city and summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.Hari Parbat has many temples. The famous one (main temple) is Goddess Sharika. This deity is the presiding deity of Kahsmir. This is considered as a ‘Siddha Peeta, Sakthi Peeta’. Navratra is the festival annually performed here. The Cosmic Mother here represents the solar energy, having seven components; Seven worlds, Seven colours of light, Seven Rishis of Veda Vidya. The energy here is personified as “Solar Energy”.
There is a Guru Dwara of Guru Hargobind Singh in the vicinity of the Hari Parbat. There are two Darwaza; Sanghi and Kathi of old wall, that stretches to 5 kms and has a height of 10 meters. Kathi is the major entrance which has beautiful Persian inscriptions all around it.
This fort also has a temple of Sharika Goddess. There are Guru Chatti Padshahi and the Sixth Sikh guru’s shrine outside the southern gate of the fort. It is called as the Chatti Padshahi. The hill, which rises to 122 mts from the floor of the valley and is bounded by orchards of almond trees where people gather for picnics during months of summer and springs.
- All accommodation as per itinerary
- Meal Plan as per itinerary
- Pick up and drop from Srinagar Airport
- Toll Taxes & Service charges
- All Transportation on private basis
- Any meals other than those specified in ‘Inclusions’.
- Chained vehicle from Tangmarg to Gulmarg.
- Expenses of personal nature such as tips
- Expenses of watersports
- Any attraction mentioned under ‘Optional’.
- Any additional expenses incurred due to any technical faults
- Guide & Entrance fees during sightseeing.
- Cable Car / Pony Ride in Gulmarg, & Pahalgam.
The temple is open for all devotees at any time of the day. Also people of all caste or creed can visit the temple as it does not distinguish between them. The timings for the temple are from 6AM to 10PM. Tuesday is considered a special day for all devotees and a large number of worshipers visit the temple. On fulfillment of wishes people offer gifts and sarees in the temple and promises are also made before the deity.