Nishat Bagh CostumeTree

Tourists can pose for their pictures in an array of traditional Kashmiri clothing underneath this large old Chinar tree at the Mughal Gardens.

Location:

State: Jammu and Kashmir
Locality: Srinigar: Halfway up and left in the Mughal Gardens

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Botany:

Common name: Chinnar: This Eurasian species of sycamore is a beloved shade tree, well known westwards to the ancient Greeks, and eastwards to the sunny lands of Iran, Pakistan, and India
Botanical species: Platanus orientalis
Botanical family : Platanaceae [Plane Tree or Sycamore]
This species is profiled in Krishen’s Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide

Geography:

Latitude: 34.12525 ° north of the Equator
Longitude: 74.879826 ° east of the Prime Meridian
Altitude: 1596.4 metres above sea level

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Journey:

Over The Mountains
Path : Into the TransHimalaya- Himachal to Ladakh to Kashmir
Date photographed: 5.09.09

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