Pari Mahal (The Angels Abode), Dal Lake, Zabarwan mountain Range, near Cheshmashahi, Srinagar

Pari Mahal or The Angels' Abode is a seven terraced garden located at the top of Zabarwan mountain range over-looking city of Srinagar and south-west of Dal Lake. The architecture depicts an example of Islamic architecture and patronage of art during the reign of the then Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. It is five-minute drive from Cheshma shahi, Srinagar.

There is a belief among the locals that during the night of one concentrates deeply then voice of angles songs can be heard here.

Pari Mahal is a seven layer garden and a fort which has a clear view of Srinagar and the Dal lake. The architecture clearly points out the Islamic style architecture and art. Prince Dara Shikoh who was the son of Shah Jahan is the man behind this brilliant idea of the creation of the garden. The garden was built in the year 1600 over a destroyed Buddhist monastery and known to be opened in 1650 AD. after that this was used as an observatory where they taught astronomy and astrology.

The overall length and breadth of this garden is 122 m and 62.5 m respectively.Located in the southwest of the Dal Lake, this garden has six terraces. Unlike other Mughal gardens, the gardens of Pari Mahal do not have water cascades. Its water tanks are located separately on the terraces and are filled with the help of underground pipes. The garden has a spring and a lawn with a variety of flowers and fruit trees growing in it.

The architecture of the garden includes a small spring, surrounded by outlandish flowers and ornamental plants arranged out in terraces vanquished by the remains of the exquisite building. The monument is lightened during the night and the magnificent view of the illumined building at the top of the hill can be viewed from most of the places in Srinagar. This splendid monument reveals the grandeur of the taste of the Mughal emperors. The ruins of the building still showcase the rich history of the Mughal period. Nonetheless it is one of the most to visit places in Srinagar.

The sight had some ruins of a Buddhist Monastery before mid-1600s. Later the Mughal prince Prince Dara Shikoh had established this beautiful architecture at the same sight.

Architecturally, the third terrace of the garden has been constructed in a very interesting manner. The garden has a typical Mughal style entrance that has an arch in its front followed by a dome and a central chamber. The entrance of the garden is located amidst the east wall. It is finely coated with the beautiful paint and plaster. There is a series of large expansive rooms on either side of the entrance. One room towards the north of the entrance is considered to be the hammam or the royal bathing space. Pieces of water pipes can be seen coming out from the domed ceiling of this room and it has a very well decorated interior. There are two chambers towards the south of the entrance. But the purpose of these chambers could not be depicted. Pipes are inserted in the ceilings of these chambers. There is a possibility that the second chamber might have been used as a kitchen as it has two pipes inserted at the ceiling.

Srinagar witnesses a large number of tourists throughout the year. From all over the world travelers consider this beautiful valley as a paradise. The sightseeing in the Srinagar is an incredible experience. There are beautiful lakes, charming scene, ancient monuments that add to the beauty of this place. Out of all the monuments in Srinagar, Pari mahal which was a royal observatory in the former times has a special significance among the tourists. Pari Mahal is located at 5 minutes’ drive from Cheshma Shahi, the smallest Mughal Garden in Srinagar.

 

Best Time to Visit Pari Mahal is Summer season is considered to be the best time for sight-seeing. The temperature is mild and cool ranging between 15 to 30 degrees Celsius during the summers. Winter season lasts from the month of November to February and it is very cold and chilling during this season as temperature drops below zero degree. Heavy rainfall is experience during the winters. To enjoy the lush green sight of the Pari Mahal, the best time is between April to October.

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Founded - 1998

Founders - Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Incorporation - September 4, 1998

Initial public offering (NASDAQ) - August 19, 2004

The Google story begins in 1995 at Stanford University. Larry Page was considering Stanford for grad school and Sergey Brin, a student there, was assigned to show him around. By some accounts, they disagreed about nearly everything during that first meeting, but by the following year they struck a partnership. Working from their dorm rooms, they built a search engine that used links to determine the importance of individual pages on the World Wide Web. They called this search engine Backrub.

Soon after, Backrub was renamed Google (phew). The name was a play on the mathematical expression for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros and aptly reflected Larry and Sergey's mission “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”

Over the next few years, Google caught the attention of not only the academic community, but Silicon Valley investors as well. In August 1998, Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim wrote Larry and Sergey a check for $100,000, and Google Inc. was officially born. With this investment, the newly incorporated team made the upgrade from the dorms to their first office: a garage in suburban Menlo Park, California, owned by Susan Wojcicki (employee #16 and now CEO of YouTube). Clunky desktop computers, a ping pong table, and bright blue carpet set the scene for those early days and late nights. (The tradition of keeping things colorful continues to this day.)

Even in the beginning, things were unconventional: from Google’s initial server (made of Lego) to the first “Doodle” in 1998: a stick figure in the logo announcing to site visitors that the entire staff was playing hooky at the Burning Man Festival. In the years that followed, the company expanded rapidly hiring engineers, building a sales team, and introducing the first company dog, Yoshka. Google outgrew the garage and eventually moved to its current headquarters (a.k.a.“The Googleplex”) in Mountain View, California. The spirit of doing things differently made the move. 

The relentless search for better answers continues to be at the core of everything we do. Today, with more than 50,000 employees in 50 different countries, Google makes hundreds of products used by billions of people across the globe, from YouTube and Android to Smartbox and, of course, Google Search. Although we’ve ditched the Lego servers and added just a few more company dogs, our passion for building technology for everyone has stayed with us from the dorm room, to the garage, and to this very day.

Google is often ranked as one of the top tech companies to work for and with good reason. The company is extraordinarily employee-friendly.

On Fortune magazine's list of the best companies to work for, Google ranked first in 2007, 2008 and 2012 and fourth in 2009 and 2010. Google was also nominated in 2010 to be the world's most attractive employer to graduating students in the Universum Communications talent attraction index. Google's corporate philosophy includes principles such as "you can make money without doing evil," "you can be serious without a suit," and "work should be challenging and the challenge should be fun.

As a motivation technique, Google uses a policy often called Innovation Time Off, where Google engineers are encouraged to spend 20% of their work time on projects that interest them. Some of Google's newer services, such as Gmail, Google News, Orkut, and AdSense originated from these independent endeavors. In a talk at Stanford University, Marissa Mayer, Google's Vice President of Search Products and User Experience until July 2012, showed that half of all new product launches in the second half of 2005 had originated from the Innovation Time Off.

New employees are called "Nooglers," and are given a propeller beanie cap to wear on their first Friday.

In addition to a great array of benefits and employee perks, Google takes measures to ensure its employees work in extremely unique environments that are designed to foster creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. Additionally, it makes going to work a far more enjoyable experience when there are slides, bikes, basketball courts, ping pong tables and video games to enjoy. 

As it stands now, Google has offices across the globe, and each one of its major offices has its own unique vibe and design sensibility. That said, we’ve compiled some of the more intriguing photos of Google office photos from around the world. From the insane and creative layout of the company’s Zürich office to a rooftop mini-golf course in Toronto, Google’s offices are anything but boring.

Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, is referred to as "the Googleplex", a play on words on the number googolplex and the headquarters itself being a complex of buildings. The lobby is decorated with a piano, lava lamps, old server clusters, and a projection of search queries on the wall. The hallways are full of exercise balls and bicycles. Many employees have access to the corporate recreation center. Recreational amenities are scattered throughout the campus and include a workout room with weights and rowing machines, locker rooms, washers and dryers, a massage room, assorted video games, table football, a baby grand piano, a billiard table, and ping pong. In addition to the recreation room, there are snack rooms stocked with various foods and drinks, with special emphasis placed on nutrition. Free food is available to employees 24/7, with the offerings provided by paid vending machines prorated based on and favoring those of better nutritional value.

Google's extensive amenities are not available to all of its workers. Temporary workers such as book scanners do not have access to shuttles, Google cafes, or other perks.

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