Char Chinar
چار چنار
A small island in Dal Lake with four large plane trees, one at each corner. It is the classic stop on shikara boat tours of the lake.
Char Chinar is a small island built during the Mughal period. Four enormous Kashmiri plane trees, known as chinars, stand at its four corners. In autumn, their red leaves reflected in the lake make a striking photo. The island is very small, so a stay of 15 to 20 minutes is enough. It is usually one stop on the shikara circuit of the lake, and the boat trip from Boulevard Road jetty takes about 30 to 40 minutes.
Opening hours
Daytime
Nearby sights
- Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden
- Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Botanical Garden
- Dal Lake
- Pari Mahal
- Chashme Shahi
- Nishat Bagh
- Shankaracharya Temple
- Nigeen Lake