Baramulla

Baramulla is a city and a municipality in the Baramulla district in the state of Jammu and Kashmir India. It is on the bank of the Jhelum River downstream from Srinagar, the state capital. The city was before known as Varahamula which is Sanskrit for "pig's molar". The city of Baramulla was established by Raja Bhimsina in 2306 B.C. Various guests have gone to Baramulla, including Xuanzang from China and a British history specialist named Moorcraft. Moreover, Mughal heads were interested by Baramulla.

Portal of the Kashmir Valley, Baramulla was a path station amid their visits to the valley. In 1508 A.D., Emperor Akbar, who entered the valley by means of Pakhil, spent a few days at Baramulla. As per Tarikh-e-Hassan, the city was enlivened amid Akbar's remain. Sovereign Jahangir remained at Baramulla amid his visit to Kashmir in 1620. From the earliest starting point, Baramulla has had religious significance.

Hindu Teertha and Buddhist Vihars religious communities made the city holy to the two Hindus and Buddhists. Amid the fifteenth century, it wound up essential to Muslims also. Syed Janbaz Wali, who visited the valley with his allies in 1421, picked Baramulla as the focal point of his main goal and was later covered there. His place of worship pulls in pioneers from all through the valley. In 1620, the 6th Sikh Guru, Shri Hargobind, visited the city.