Chandhara or Chandhur is a village in the Pampore town of district

Pulwama Pulwama (known as Panwangam in antiquity, and later as Pulgam) is a City and notified area council in the Pulwama district of the Indian-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located approximately south of the summer capital of ...

in the union territory of

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. The village is the native home of 16th-century poet and ascetic,

Habba Khatoon Habba Khatoon (born Zoon; 1554 – 1609; sometimes spelled Khatun), also known by the honorary title ''The Nightingale of Kashmir'', was a Kashmiri Muslim poet and ascetic in the 16th century. Her compositions have been sung and recited countl ...

. It is famous for its

saffron Saffron () is a spice derived from the flower of ''Crocus sativus'', commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly as a seasoning and colouring agent i ...

, so known as "Saffron Village of Kashmir". Chandhara village is one of the few places in the world where saffron, the world's most expensive spice, grows. The area is about 20 km from Srinagar City.

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Villages in Pulwama district {{JammuKashmir-geo-stub