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Nohata, Srinagar — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Nohata, or Nowhatta, is a quarter of Srinagar in the Kashmir region, known for the Jamia Masjid and called Navyut in Kashmiri.
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Where to stay in Nohata
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Srinagar holds the rooms. Nohata lies about five kilometres from Lal Chowk, so a bed anywhere across central Srinagar puts the Jamia Masjid and the Kathi Darwaza within a short journey of the door. Eighteen mohallas make up the area.
If you want to be near the Jamia Masjid and the older streets of Nowhatta rather than beside Lal Chowk itself, look for a room on that side of Srinagar.
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Nohata
The Srinagar quarter built around the Jamia Masjid, divided into eighteen mohallas and holding the Kathi Darwaza. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in NohataA central Srinagar base with Nohata about five kilometres awayLal Chowk
The Srinagar centre from which Nohata's distance is measured, carrying the rooms that the mohallas around the Jamia Masjid do notFind hotels in Lal ChowkHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Nohata
What are the main landmarks in Nohata?
The Jamia Masjid dominates. It is the historical mosque that Nohata is best known for, and its presence is the reason the quarter draws visitors from beyond Srinagar rather than anything else standing within the eighteen mohallas. The Kathi Darwaza is the second landmark recorded here.
Nowhatta and Navyut name the same ground.
What is the history of Nohata?
Nohata carries a long standing in the Kashmir region, the Jamia Masjid at its centre giving the quarter its historical weight, and the Kathi Darwaza standing as the other survival from that older fabric. Navyut is its Kashmiri name. Nowhatta is the form most often written in English, and the two sit alongside Nohata in the record without displacing one another.
Eighteen mohallas divide the area, each a sub-community of the same quarter, five kilometres out from Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
Where is Nohata?
Srinagar surrounds it. Nohata sits about five kilometres from Lal Chowk in the Kashmir region, its eighteen mohallas gathered around the Jamia Masjid with the Kathi Darwaza nearby.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Nohata?
Nohata: The Jamia Masjid and the Kathi Darwaza, five kilometres out from Lal Chowk. Lal Chowk: A central Srinagar base with Nohata about five kilometres away.
Updated October 2026