Hari Parbat: Difference between revisions

| name = Hari Parbat

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| photo_caption = Hari Parbat and the Durrani Fort.

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| location = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]

| range = [[Karakorum]]

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| map_caption = Location of Hari Parbat

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|other_name=Koh-i-Maran}}

'''Hari Parbat''' ({{IPA|[haːriː pərbət]}}), also called '''Koh-i-Maran'''<ref>{{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."}}</ref><ref>{{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 ."}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> ({{IPA|[koːhi maːraːn]}}), is a hill overlooking [[Srinagar]], the largest city and summer capital of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]. It is the site of a fort, built in the [[Durrani Empire|Durrani era]], and of a [[Hindu temple]], [[mosque]]s, and [[gurdwara]].

The first fortifications on the site were constructed by the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Akbar]] in 1590 who built an outer wall for the fort as part of his plans for a new capital called Nager Nagor. The project, however, was never completed. The present fort was built in 1808 under the reign of Governor Atta Mohammed Khan .

Hari Parbat is considered sacred by the [[Kashmiri Pandit]]s who also call it Pradyumna Peeth.<ref>[http://www.srinagaronline.co.in/attraction.php?pname=attraction Origin] {{webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/67XZ5VjMv?url=http://www.srinagaronline.co.in/attraction.php?pname=attraction|date=9 May 2012}}</ref>  The hill hosts a temple of [[Shakti]], who is worshipped there under the name Jagadamba Sharika Bhagawati (or, simply, Sharika). She is depicted as having 18 arms and sitting in [[Shri Chakra]].{{cn|date=October 2018}}

The southern side of Hari Parbat features Makhdoom Sahib, the shrine of [[Hamza Makhdoom]], a 16th-century Kashmiri [[Sufi]] saint locally known as Hazrat Sultan and Sultan-ul-Arifeen.<ref>[http://www.india9.com/i9show/Makhdoom-Sahib-Shrine-58219.htm Hamza Makhdum]</ref><ref>[http://www.jktourism.org/kashmir/Kashmir___Shrines%20&%20monuments.htm Makhdoom Sahib Shrine]</ref>

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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

KoheMaraan.jpg|Hari Parbat as seen from downtown Srinagar, Kashmir.

* [https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/pk_pandita/hari-parbat.html&date=2009-10-26+00:36:44 Hari Parbat]