page_title: Vichar Nag
section_title: Religious & historical importance
hierarchical_section_title: Vichar Nag / Vichar Nag Temple / Religious & historical importance
caption_attribution_description: Vicharnag Temple Panoramic shot
context_page_description: Located on the suburbs of Srinagar, Vichar Nag is a locality that gets its name from an ancient and historically important Shiva Temple. Famous Anchar Lake is close to this monumental pride of ancient Kashmir. Vichar Nag is mentioned several times in the history of Kashmir, including the famous 'Rajtaragni' by Kalhan.
context_section_description: Vichar Nag was seat of discussion (hence the name, Vichar) and it was in this temple that Kashmiri Brahmins used to discuss Panchang. It is said Jagat Guru Shankaracharya also visited this temple for discussion.
  Kashmir has been always a seat of learning and it is believed that The 2nd Fourth Buddhist Council (Sarvastivada tradition) is said to have been convened by the Kushan emperor Kanishka (r. 127-151 CE), perhaps in 78 CE at Vichar Nag in Kashmir.
  Before 1990, on Chaitra Amavasiya, the last day of Kashmiri calendar, a festival was celebrated at this place. On this day, devotees used to take a bath in the holy spring and there after performed puja in the Shiva Temple known as ‘Vichar Saheb’.
caption: Panoramic Shot of the Vichar Nag Temple
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