Srinagar Garhwal

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Pauri Garhwal district map

Srinagar (श्रीनगर) is a town in Pauri Garhwal district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Variants

• Shrinagara श्रीनगर (1) = Srinagar Garhwal (AS, p.919)

Location

Srinagar is located at the border of Pauri Garhwal and Tehri Garhwal. Srinagar is located at 30.22°N 78.78°E. at the left bank of Alaknanda river. It has an average elevation of 560 metres. It is the largest town in the Garhwal Hills. It is reached by national highway NH58 from Rishikesh, Srinagar is about 100 km from Rishikesh which is the last city on the plains of Uttarakhand and from where the mountains start. Srinagar can also be reached via Kotdwara, from Kotdwara it takes maximum 5 hours to reach there.

History

Srinagar came into limelight after becoming the capital of Garhwal Kingdom. King Ajay Pal with unifying the various chiefdoms and garhis of this region during 1506–1512 CE founded the Garhwal kingdom and shifted the capital to Srinagar place from Chandpur Garhi.

The Gorkhas defeated the Nepali king and occupied Kathmandu. This emboldened them and they turned westward and attacked Kumaon and Garhwal in 1803. Raja Pradyumna Shah of Garhwal was defeated and killed in January 1804. Srinagar was under Gorkha rule from 1806 to 1815 CE. After the Gorkhas were defeated by the British, Srinagar became a part of British Garhwal.

The old Srinagar city was destroyed in the Gohna Lake dam-burst which destroyed all the old relics of the town.

Today the town is an important cultural and educational centre. Being placed in central Garhwal at a moderate height, it is an important Valley Bazar in the hills. It has a number of temples and monuments and places for tourists to stay and visit.

श्रीनगर

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...1. श्रीनगर (AS, p.919): श्रीनगर गढ़वाल, उत्तराखण्ड की प्राचीन राजधानी। यह नगर गंगा तट पर रिथत है। सन 1894 ई. में बिरही नदी की बाढ़ में यह नगर बह गया था। नए वर्तमान श्रीनगर को 1895 ई. में पाॅ नामक एक अंग्रेज़ ने प्राचीन नगर के निकट ही बसाया था। श्रीनगर के आस-पास कई पाचीन मंदिर हैं।