Srinagar at an immediate knowledge, founded by King Ajay Pal in 14th century, it remained capital of Garhwal for over 300 years, Srinagar offers simply a view of a moderate sized typical mountain town, bigger than other mountainous towns, with slopes and descending - ascending lanes and streets, sights of tall trees, green paddies and colorful horizons with criss-crossed hills and peaks all around. Devotion and worship, mythology and spirituality, education and learning, and, art, culture and traditions have painted the city with soul catching colors. With a population of over 40,000 at present day, it's a historical saga on other hand. Here tantrics propitiated the Divine Mother in the form of Sri Vidya. It is regarded as a living Sri Yantra, the most complex of all yantras. This slab remains the most significant shrine in this area lying in the riverbed on the town outskirts. Tantrik practices including human sacrifice prevailed until 8th Century when Adi Shankaracharya displaced this slab and hurled it into the Alaknanda river. Long ago hundreds of tantric adepts especially those belonging to the tradition of Sri Vidya did their practices here. It is believed that with an objective of killing Kalasura ( a demon) 'Sri Yantra' was established on a slab here and Goddess killed the demon at a nearby place Kaliyasaur. Srinagar received its name from Sri Yantra. Srinagar was the capital of Garhwal before the arrival of British rule. Home to H N Bahuguna Garhwal University (formerly Garhwal University), Srinagar is situated on the banks of Alaknanda river. A rare painting by famous Srinagar artist Jwalaram

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