Munawar Abad locally known as Muniwar (Munawarabad), is a town located in heart of Srinagar

Srinagar

Srinagar is the summer seasonal capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated in Kashmir Valley and lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus. It is one of the largest cities in India not to have a Hindu majority. The city is famous for its gardens, lakes and houseboats...

(KMR). It is barely 2 km from Lal Chowk. Munawar-abad is the main link between downtown Srinagar

Srinagar

Srinagar is the summer seasonal capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated in Kashmir Valley and lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus. It is one of the largest cities in India not to have a Hindu majority. The city is famous for its gardens, lakes and houseboats...

 and central Srinagar. It is famous for Ikhwan Hotel, Ikhwan Chowk, S.M.D. High School, Munawar-abad Jamia Masjid, Shrine of Hazrat Sayed Hussain Khwarizmi, Bakeway Bakery etc. Tujji (mutton tikka) of Khayam Road (Khayamchi Tujji) are famous all over Kashmir and outside Kashmir also.

Due to its central location, Muniwar is now becoming an important commercial hub of the city. New shopping complexes are being built. Also there are a number of guest houses and hotels which provide accommodation to tourists, students from other states and other people who come to Srinagar for business purposes. Near Baba Demb Road there is Srinagar's biggest furniture market.

List of Guest Houses and Hotels

• The Red Chillies Restaurant (Proprietor: Mohammad Ashraf Bhat)
• Ikhwan Hotel (Currently occupied by CRPF)
• Rustum Guest House
• Nageena Guest House
• Khybar Hotel
• Hotel Bahar
• Reshi Guest House
• Aman Guest House
• Hotel Azad

Educational Institutions=

• SMD high school
  SMD high school
  S.M.D. School is a school located in the heart of Srinagar city at Munawar-abad, India. SMD is a K-12, co-educational school. It has expanded to include a higher secondary wing.-Background:...
  
  
• Al-Huda Public School
• Kamla Nehru School (B.B.Shah)
• Darasgah Taleem-ul-Quran (Munawarabad)
• Dar-ul-uloom Dawoodiah
• Maktab i Emamia

See also

• List of topics on the land and the people of Jammu and Kashmir
• Kashmiri people
  Kashmiri people
  The Kashmiri people are a Dardic linguistic group living in Kashmir Valley in Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and parts of the Pakistani territory of Azad Kashmir who speak the Kashmiri language...
  
  
• Kashmiri cuisine
• Kanger
• Kashmiriyat
  Kashmiriyat
  Kashmiriyat is the ethno-national and social consciousness and cultural values of the Kashmiri people. Emerging approximately around the 16th century, it is characterised by religious and cultural harmony, patriotism and pride for their mountainous homeland of Kashmir...