Case file · Folklore / legend
Roza Bal: the 'tomb of Jesus' in Srinagar
In 1899 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya movement, identified the Roza Bal shrine in Srinagar as the tomb of Jesus, who he said survived the cross and died in Kashmir.
1899 CE · 34.09, 74.82 · status: claim
The sceptical view
Local tradition holds it is the tomb of a medieval saint, Yuz Asaf; historians find no evidence linking it to Jesus. Tourist interest led to its closure in 2010.