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Located on the suburbs of Srinagar, Vichar Nag is a locality that gets its name form an ancient and historically important Shiva Temple.〔(Kashmir. Ruins of an old Hindu Temple at Vitcher Nag near Srinagar. Now used as a Mahomedan burial ground )〕 Famous Anchar Lake is close to this monumental pride of ancient Kashmir. Vichar Nag finds it mention at many places in the history of Kashmir including the famous 'Rajtaragni' by Kalhan. == Vichar Nag Temple == Vichar Nag is famous for its spring and two old Shiva temples. One temple is made of chisled and dressed devri stones. There are two springs with the main big spring as the centre of attraction and sanctity. The spring has a length of 430 feet and breadth of 35 feet. Big sized ‘Devri’ stones have been used for construction of stairs to the spring on West and South side. There is no access on north and east side probably to face the morning glory of the Sun. In the middle of the spring, there is a stone cylinder of about 3 feet height with a Shivalingam resting on it. Before the exodus of Kashmir Pandits in 1990 by the Islamic fanatics, the water from the spring used to come out in the shape of a small brook, joining the other brook called ‘Mukhta Pukhri'. After covering a sizeable distance the water used to flow into Lake Anchar. 1990's saw the exodus of almost all the Hindus of Vicharnag and the temple maintenance suffered badly. With lack of interest either in the history of Kashmir or an ancient temple, the local Muslim population let it fall into a state of disrepair. Till early 90's from the time immemorial, the spring water contained many fishes. The other unique feature of the spring is that water turns ice cold in summer and lukewarm in winter. In the vicinity of Vichar Nag, there were many springs earlier, which have been lost over the time, largely due to encroachments and non-care by the local population. 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「Vichar Nag」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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