Baramulla Tourism

Baramulla District, one of the 22 districts of the state of Jammu & Kashmir, is further divided into 8 tehsils and 16 blocks and covers a total area of more than 4190 sq km. This district shares its borders with Pakistan occupied Kashmir on its western side. Baramulla is situated to the south of the town of Kupwara and north of Pooch and Budgam with Srinagar and Ladakh bordering its eastern side. This ancient city was founded by Raja Bhimsina in 2306 BC. The region was visited by the great Mughal emperor Akbar in 1508. Jahangir, in appreciation of the beauty of the place, decided to stay here while on his journey to the Kashmir Valley. Hieun T’Sang, the well known Chinese traveller, had also once visited the district of Baramulla.
Baramulla is situated to the south of the town of Kupwara and north of Pooch and Budgam with Srinagar and Ladakh bordering its eastern side. This ancient city was founded by Raja Bhimsina in 2306 BC. The region was visited by the great Mughal emperor Akbar in 1508. Jahangir, in appreciation of the beauty of the place, decided to stay here while on his journey to the Kashmir Valley. Hieun T’Sang, the well known Chinese traveller, had also once visited the district of Baramulla. This district has derived its name from two Sanskrit words, namely ‘Varrah’, meaning Boar, and ‘Mul’, meaning Molar, which together mean ‘boar molar’. The legend behind the name of the place has been written in the Nilmathpurna, the ancient epic of Kashmir. According to the epic, the region of Kashmir was originally a lake named Satisara which was under the control of a demon, Jalodbhava. In order to get rid of the demon, the Hindu god of preservation, Vishnu, disguised himself as a boar and burrowed an opening into the mountain with his molar, letting the water flow out.