Verinag:
Verinag spring is of great importance and beauty, with deep blue
water which issues from the bottom of a high scrap of a mountain
spur and here also Emperor Jehangir built a garden and pleasure house.
The Verinag spring is about 26 kilometers away from Anantnag and is considered as
the original source of river Jehlum. The spring is situated at the bottom of hill covered by pine trees and evergreen plants. The wonderful and charming construction
of the spring as well as it's adjacent garden compel the visitors to see it again
and again. The construction of the banks of spring as well as it's surroundings
is of rare shape. The Mughal Emperor Jehangir constructed it and carvers for the
purpose for the purpose were brought from Iran. The construction date of the spring
is 1029 H is duly inscribed on a stone installed at the western gate of entry towards
the spring.