TEMPLES & MOSQUES
HAZRATBALMOSQUE: Hazratbal Mosque is located in a village of the same name on the banks of the Dal. Its pristine white marble eleŽgance is reflected in the waters of the lake.Hazratbal’s special significance is derived from the fact that it houses a hair of the prophet Muhammad. This is displayed to the public on religious occasions, usually accompanied by fairs. Apart from these occasions, Friday prayers are offered at Hazratbal and attended by throngs of people.
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Temples & Shrines
Amongst the temples in Jammu, the Raghu-nath Mandir takes pride of place being situated right in the heart of the city.
The Temple Skyline Of Jammu City
It consists of a cluster of temples and is the largest temple complex in northern India. Its inner sanctums contain gigantic statues of deities and numerous 'lingams'. It contains representatives of almost the entire Hindu pantheon, which make it a rare site to behold.
KRIMCHI:
Krimchi, site of three of the oldŽest temples of Jammu, can be reached by taking a short detour of about 20 km along a side road that branches off from the National Highway 1 -A, about 8 km short of Udhampur.
Jammu the ancient city of temples
Nestled against the backdrop of the snow-capped Pir Panjal Mountains the region of Jammu constitutes the southern-most unit of the state of Jammu & Kashmir.
It forms part of the transition between the Hi-ayan range in the north and the dusty plains of Punjab in the south. Between these two ex-tremities lie a series of scrub-covered hills, forest-nountain ranges and river valleys, encompass-leveral microclimatic regions that extend from itawar in the north-east to Akhnoor in the south-t, and the historic town of Poonch in the north-t to the borders of
LEH
Although part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh is the third division of what, perhaps, is India's most diverse state. Each of the divisions, Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, has distinct cultures geographical terrain, religion and lifestyle. Ladakh, in the Himalayan watershed, is a high-altitude desert, its lowest point at 9,000
feet above sea level, unsurprising for tween the Himalayas, the Karakoram,,ladak and zanskar ranges.
