Baramulla (ˌbærəˈmʊlə) (Urdu; بارہ مولہ Kashmiri; وُرمول, Punjabi, Pahadi) is a city and a municipality in the Baramulla district in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (India). It is on the bank of the Jhelum River downstream from Srinagar, the state capital. The city was earlier known as Varahamula which is Sanskrit for “boar’s molar”.[1]