It is the site of the Hari Parbat fort, built by the Durrani Empire, and of a Hindu temple, mosques, and gurdwara.

The present fort was built in 1808 under the reign of the Governor of Kashmir Province of the Durrani Empire, Atta Mohammed Khan.

[5] According to Hindu Mythology, the area of Hari Parbat was inhabited by an asura named Jalodbhava.

Hari Parbat is revered as that pebble, and Parvati is worshipped under the name Sharika, its temple occupying the middle part of the western slope of the hill.

It was earmarked with a pedestal by Mohammad Ata Khan, a general of Akbar who built the Durrani Fort.