Grave 4 Days Martand Temple Kashmir Package | Laden

The Martand Sun Temple sits approximately 7 kilometres northeast of Anantnag on the Mattan plateau — a drive of around 20 minutes from the town centre. The plateau sits at approximately 1,798 metres above the valley floor and the view from the temple complex across the Kashmir Valley is open in all four directions without obstruction — the Zabarwan hills to the north, the Pir Panjal range to the south, the valley floor stretching to the west. The ruins themselves cover a large rectangular courtyard of carved stone columns with the central shrine base at the centre — 84 subsidiary shrine bases arranged around the inner courtyard wall, the column carving a mix of Aryan and Greco-Roman design elements that reflect both the Karkota dynasty's artistic programme and the trade connections of 8th century Kashmir.
This martand temple kashmir package gives the site a full morning — early arrival before the day visitors come from Srinagar is when the plateau silence is at its fullest. The afternoon moves south to Verinag — approximately 30 kilometres from Anantnag, taking around 45 minutes. The Verinag Spring sits at the base of the Pir Panjal in a Mughal garden built by Emperor Jahangir in 1620 — an octagonal stone tank of spring water so clear and deep that the floor is visible from the stone parapet above. Overnight at Anantnag.

The drive from Anantnag to Achabal covers approximately 12 kilometres in around 20 minutes. Achabal Garden is a Mughal terraced garden built in the 17th century — a series of water channels, cascading fountains and plane tree shade that Empress Nur Jahan is credited with commissioning on the basis of a natural spring that feeds the garden's water system from the Pir Panjal above. The garden is smaller and quieter than the Nishat and Shalimar gardens of Srinagar and receives a fraction of the visitor footfall that the Dal Lake gardens carry.
This martand temple kashmir package includes Achabal as the Day 3 morning anchor — the water channels and the chinar tree cover in spring and autumn give the garden a character that the more photographed Srinagar gardens, with their lakeside positions, do not produce. The drive from Achabal north to Srinagar covers approximately 58 kilometres in around 1.5 hours. The Srinagar afternoon is for the old city — Lal Chowk, the craft lanes and the Jhelum riverfront. Overnight in Srinagar.

The final day of the martand temple kashmir package drives from Srinagar south to Jammu via the Banihal Tunnel — the reverse of the Day 1 route covering approximately 250 kilometres in around 4 to 4.5 hours. The Srinagar morning before departure is for a final stop at Lal Chowk for saffron, Kashmiri dry fruit or papier-mache work before the tunnel approach.
The Banihal Tunnel on the return carries a specific quality that the outward journey does not — the Kashmir Valley behind, the Jammu plains ahead, the tunnel as the boundary being recrossed. Groups with afternoon or evening train or flight departures from Jammu are well within reach of a Srinagar morning start. The Bon Voyagers vehicle drops at Jammu Railway Station or Airport on arrival.