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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{refimprove|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Baba Reshi
| official_name =
| image =
| other_name =
| native_name =
| nickname = ریشی صعب
| native_type = Shrine, Tourist Destination
| image_skyline = Baba Reshi Shrine3.jpg
| image_alt = Ziyarat Baba Reshi
| image_caption = Ziyarat Baba Reshi
| pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt = Shrine of Baba Reshi map
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Baramulla district|Baramulla]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
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| subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Baramulla district|Baramulla]]
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| subdivision_name3 =
| settlement_type = Forest Area
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[English language|English]]<ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020| url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>
| timezone = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset = +5:30
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| coordinates = {{coord|34|03|32.31|N|74|25|28.17|E|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m = 1593
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 193402
| area_code = +91
| website =
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'''Babareshi''' is the name of a village, forest area, tourist and religious place in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India. It is named after the [[Sufi]] saint Baba Payam uddin Reshi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail2/story97513/hot-air-balloon-rides-take-flight-in-kashmir-to-attract-adventure-tourists.html |title=Hot air balloon rides take flight in Kashmir to attract adventure tourists |work=aninews.in }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

It is located a few [[kilometre]]s from [[Tangmarg]] and near the hill station [[Gulmarg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/for-contributors/take-steps-to-stop-mishaps-on-baba-reshi-baramulla-road-residents-to-govt/128053.html|title=Take steps to stop mishaps on Baba Reshi-Baramulla road: Residents to govt|work=greaterkashmir.com}}</ref>

==Shrine==
Situated at an altitude of about 7,000 feet (2,133 meters), the [[Ziyarat]] Baba Reshi shrine is a three-storey monument. It is located near Ramboh village in [[Baramulla]] District. Built-in 1480, in [[Mughal architecture|Mughal]] and Persian style, the tomb is named after Baba Payam Uddin. The shrine and its surrounding garden is a tourist attraction as well as a destination for pilgrims visiting the shrine.

===Roza Sharief Baba Payam Uddin===
Baba Payam Uddin was a courtier of 15th century Kashmir King [[Zain-ul-Abidin]], and he is said to have given up all his belongings in order to serve the common people. He lived and meditated at this location, which became the site of his tomb and a shrine for his disciples.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saintsofislam.com/tazkira-e-auliya-biographies/hazrat-payamuddin-alias-baba-rishi-tang-margkashmir/ |title=Hazrat Payamuddin alias Baba Rishi Tang-Marg,Kashmir |work=saintsofislam.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101165044/http://saintsofislam.com/tazkira-e-auliya-biographies/hazrat-payamuddin-alias-baba-rishi-tang-margkashmir/ |archivedate=2015-11-01 }}</ref>

This shrine has a big [[minaret]] and inside the shrine is the Noor Khwan where the grave of the Sufi saint Lies. It is covered with cloth with [[Quran]] embroideries. The Noor Khwan is made of glass and [[wood carvings]].

===Urs===
The [[Urs]] or the anniversary of Baba Payam ud din Reshi is celebrated annually and people from far off places visit the Shrine on the occasion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/mobi/news/briefs/employees-lock-mc-office-at-tangmarg/154337.html|title=Employees lock MC office at Tangmarg|work=greaterkashmir.com}}</ref>

===Damage by fire===
On 2 September 1989 the 300-year-old Baba Reshi shrine was gutted in a fire under mysterious circumstances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/When-the-water-in-the-spring-turned-black/article12308690.ece |title=When the water in the spring turned black|first=Rahul | last=Pandita| date=19 January 2013 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=18 April 2018 }}</ref>
The place known as daan that Baba Reshi built in the village Ramboh went ablaze and caused severe damage to several buildings surrounding the shrine causing a huge economic loss to the historic place.

==Accommodations and travel==
There are accommodations for tourists and pilgrims around the shrine. Each building has a Daan or cooking place where the Kashmiris prepare their meals and everyone traditionally contributes some of it to the [[Langar (Sufism)|Langar]] (collection Place). The Langar staff distribute the food in charity.

==Transport==
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===Air===
The nearest airport from Babareshi is [[Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport|Srinagar International Airport]] which is at a distance of around 45 minutes.

===Road===
The area is also connected by road via NH-1A from Narbal via [[Magam]]. It is linked with various towns such as [[Kunzer]] and Tangmarg by Gulmarg Highway. Srinagar is {{cvt|55|km}} away by road from Babareshi.

===Rail===
The nearest railway station is the [[Mazhom railway station]].

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Baramulla district]]

{{Jammu and Kashmir}}

{{Villages in Baramulla district}}

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