Charari Sharief

(Urdu pronunciation: [t͡ʃəɾɑːɾeː ʃəɾɪf], known as Tsrar-i-Sharif (Kashmiri pronunciation: [t͡sraːri ʃəriːf]) in Kashmiri (or colloquially as Tsrar) is a town and a notified area committee in the Budgam district of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

The famous mohallas of Charar-i-Sharief are: Talab-e-Kalan or Bada Talab, Trajibal, Court Road, Gulshan Abad, Nowhar, Baghi Noor U Din Nowhar, Jabl-e-Noor, Wazabagh, Alamdar colony, Zaloosa and Kumar Mohalla.

Charari Sharief has an average elevation of 1,933 metres (6,342 ft) above mean sea level.

[5] Writing in 1895, Sir Walter Lawrence, in his passage about Kanger in The Valley of Kashmir, exclaims: “Among the most prized of the Tsrari Sharif fairings is the pretty painted Kanger.”[6] Tsrar Kanger is specifically used to inaugurate wedding ceremonies.

During this ritual, aromatic seeds called 'isband' are burned because the practice is believed to ward off evil spirits.

An Image of Charar Kanger
A fancy Kanger usually used for decorative purposes