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Nishat
Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Coordinates: 34°9′36″N74°46′49″E / 34.16000°N 74.78028°E / 34.16000; 74.78028
Government
  TypeIndia
  BodyGovernment of Jammu and Kashmir
Elevation
1,590 m (5,220 ft)
Languages
  Official Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English [1] [2]
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal Code
190006
Vehicle registration JK

Nishat is a town on the eastern outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of the union capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Nishat is famous for the Nishat Gardens (Nishat Bagh). And is a very popular tourist destination. The Nishat Bagh is a 12 terraced garden located near Srinagar's famous Dal Lake. It is the second-largest Mughal garden in Kashmir after Shalimar Bagh. Nishat Bagh was designed and built in 1633 by Asif Khan, the elder brother of Nur Jehan. [3]

The area also hosts the house of Lakshman Joo, a 20-century Kashmiri mystic and philosopher, which has become a local pilgrimage centre.

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