Ogmuna is a village in the tehsil Tangmarg in the

Baramulla district Baramulla district or Varmul (in Kashmiri) is one of the 20 districts in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Baramulla town is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district covered an area of in 2001, but it wa ...

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n union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

History

Ogmuna is an old village in tehsil Karhama and district

Baramulla Baramulla (), also known as Varmul () in Kashmiri, is a town and a municipality in the Baramulla district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Baramulla district. It is on the ...

. It is being said the famous saint (Reshi) of Kashmir

Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali Nund Rishi ( c. 1377 – c. 1438 AD; sometimes spelled Nund Reshi), also known as Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani, Sheikh-Ul-Alam (spritual guide of the world) and by the title Alamdar-e-Kashmir ("Flag Bearer of Kashmir"), was a Kashmiri Sufi saint, ...

, has visited this village and has said about it, ''Wagmuni vuch ma'ie dastaar vo'le''. Thus it is evident that this village has come into being very early. This village gave birth to various famous personalities in which the most famous is, the Kashmir's well known Sufi poet Anwar War. Anwar War has a unique status in Gulfam Cultural Academy Srinagar and Radio Kashmir Srinagar.

Geography

Ogmuna is a village located away from the Kunzer town and from Srinagar. It falls in newly carved tehsil Karhama. It is located to the left side of Srinagar to

Gulmarg Gulmarg (), known as Gulmarag (; ) in Kashmiri, is a town, hill station, popular skiing destination, and notified area committee in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located at a distance of from Baramulla and from S ...

road and on the bank of river Nala Ferozpora. Nalal Ferozpora is the only river which irrigate the whole area from Tangmarg to

Magam Magam is a tehsil in central Kashmir's Beerwah sub-district. It is also a town, notified area committee, and a block in Budgam district in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is away from sub-district headqua ...

. Its width is about . It originates from the area of famous tourist resort Drung. Ogmuna is also known as a center of its area due to its specific peculiarity and qualities. It has gained a particular position among other villages which are in its locality. To its North there are two villages named as Kashmatipora and Gonipora and to its South there are many villages but closest to them are Devpora and Dardpora. To its East there is a village referred as Karhama and to its West there is only village Bongam to which Ogmuna is about to meet through new constructions. The land available in the village for agriculture i.e. for the cultivation of

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and

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, is more than other villages which are in its locality. There is also a hillside, where there are a large number of apple and other fruit orchards which help the people of Ogmuna in enhancing its economy. This hillside give a beautiful look to visitors travelers and passers-by.

References

Villages in Baramulla district {{Villages in Baramulla district