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Bijbehara, also known as Bijbiara, Vijeshwar & Vejibyour, is a town and a notified area committee in Anantnag district of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir. The old city localities of Bijbehara include Baba Mohalla, Saraf Mohalla, Dhobi Ghat, Wanteng, Sadar Bazar, Ahanger Mohalla, Goriwan, Feroze Shah Mohalla, Sheikh Mohalla, Eidgah, sicop. The town has now expanded from east to west and north to south. New Colony, Sicop Colony-Jablipora, Padshahi Bagh Colony, Pazalpora, Eidgah, Semthen, Tehsil Road-Baghandar, Friends Colony, Gazi Mohalla, New Baba Mohalla and highway side are the localities which are getting populated at present. ==History== The Mughal Prince Dara Shikoh constructed a bridge here which was 100 yards long and 6 yards wide spanning the Jhelum River at Bijbehara near the Mughal garden. The bridge was washed away by heavy floods. The oldest Chinar of the sub-continent is located in the garden popularly called as Padshahi Bagh which is now under the control of Tourist Department. JK Bank is assigned with its better development and maintenance. The garden comprises 25 Chinars. The oldest Chinar is 70 feet in circumference at ground level. The Padshahi Garden is 25 canals and 10 marlas. The Dara Shiku Garden is also on the bank of the Jhelum. The garden is of 224 canals area. The Padshahi Garden and the Dara Shikoh Garden are separated by the river Jehlum which is spanned over by a bridge known as "Padshahi Bagh Bridge", thus connecting the two gardens. Guru Nanak had also come to this town and presently a Gurudwara under name "Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Pehli Padshahi Gurudwara Bijbehara" is at this place. Bijbehara finds mention in Rajtarangini by Kalhan. Then famous for temples of Chakradhar and Vijayeshwar. Vijayeshwar temple was built by King Shachinar. This temple was reconstructed again during the reign of Anantdev. This fortified temple was a famous site in then Kashmir (previous to 500 AD). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bijbehara」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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