💎 Hidden Gem🏔️ Mountain🏛️ Historical🌄 Viewpoint

Peer Ki Gali (Mughal Road)

Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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Overview

The 3,485-m crown of the old imperial route to Kashmir — Jahangir's caravans, a Sufi's windswept shrine and meadows dropping to Poonch and Shopian.

Why visit: Drive the pass the Mughals rode, past the faqir who named it.

Things to do

›Pass-top shrine
›Aliabad Sarai ruins
›Dubjan meadows
›Shopian apple country

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Travel Information

Best time

May–Oct

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹500–1,500

Duration

Full day

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Within

10.3 km

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Noori Chamb Waterfall

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Yusmarg

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