Shalimar Bagh is a Mughal Garden in Srinagar. The Bagh was built by Mughal Emperor, Jahangir in 1619. He enlarged the ancient garden and called it 'Farah Baksh' [ the delightful]. Emperor Shahjahan renamed it as 'Faiz Baksh' [ the bountiful]. Over the years, the garden was enlarged and renamed many times, but the name, 'Shalimar Bagh' continues to this day.
The architectural details of the three terraces of the garden are elaborate. The beauty of Shalimar has been aptly described by a chronicler: A subtle air of leisure and repose, A romantic indefinable spell, pervades the royal Shalimar: this leafy garden of dim vistas, shallow terraces, smooth sheets of falling water, and wide canals, with calm reflections broken only by the stepping stones across the streams.