The city of Baramulla, founded by Raja Bhimsina held the position of a gate-way to the valley as it was located on the route to the Valley from Muzaffarabad, now in POK, and Rawalpindi, now in Pakistan. As such, a number of prominent visitors have been to Baramulla.
These include the famous chinese visitor Heiun T'Sang and Moorcraft, the British historian. Mughal Emperors has special fascination for Baramulla. Being the gate way of the valley it was a halting station for them during their visits to the Valley. In 1508 A.D.Emperor Akbar who entered the Valley via Pakhil spent a few days at Baramulla and according to "Tarikh-e-Hassan" the city during Akbar's stay, had been decorated like a bride,Jahangir also stayed at Baramulla during his visit to Kashmir in 1620 A.D.
From the very beginning, Baramulla has enjoyed religious importance. The construction of Hindu Teeratha and Buddist Vihars made the city scared to Hindus as well as Buddhists.. In 1894 the sixth Sikh Guru Shri Hargobind Ji visited the city and Gurdawara "Chatti Padshahi" was constructed in his memory, Baramulla thus became an abode of Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists and Sikhs living in harmoney and contributing to a rich composite culture.