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Jammu - the ancient city of temples provides a plethora of unique
tourist places. This beautiful city offers you an extraordinary
blend of natural and manmade wonders in its close vicinity to make
your stay an enriching and fruitful one.
Natural Wonders:
Kud, a place of extraordinary scenic beauty is situated 103 Kms
away from Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India. This popular resort is
situated on the Jammu-Srinagar highway at an altitude of 1738 metres.
It's an ideal picnic spot as it has a bracing climate to uplift
your life and give it a new meaning.
If you're looking for a peaceful and quiet place to relax your
life then Patnitop is the most suitable place for you. The tiny
and beautiful hill station is located 112 kms from Jammu, the city
of ancient temples. The hill resort is perched on a beautiful plateau,
at an altitude of 2024 metres across which the Jammu-Srinagar Highway
passes. Enveloped by thickly wooded forests, Patnitop
offers beautiful picnic spots, peaceful walks and breathtaking
views of the mountainscape of the Chenab basin.
Places of Religious importance:
The town of Chanhani, located in the western part of the Jammu holds
special significance as it houses a great piece of art - the Sacred
Temple of Sudh Mahadev. This holy spot near Patnitop is situated
at an altitude of 1225 mtrs, about 120 kms. from Jammu, the city
of ancient temples. The shrine is visited by pilgrims on the full
moon night of "Saawan" (July-August) to worship the "Trishul"
(trident) and a mace which is said to belong to Lord Shiva.
Shiv Khori, the holy cave situated 100 Kms away from Jammu and 70 Kms from Katra, is nearly a kilometre long with a 4-feet high naturally formed Shivling. It's considered second only to the shrine of Vaishnodeviji according to religious importance.
Baba Dhansar, a temple of Lord Shiva is located at a distance of
about 15 Kms from Katra on way to Salal Dam. Here, a huge spring
emerges from the rocks in a thick grove of trees and forms a number
of small cascading waterfalls before ultimately flowing into the
Holy rivulet that merges with the Chenab River.
Mansar Lake, Akhnoor, Dera Baba Banda and Shahdra Sharief are other
important tourist places worth your visit....Make sure to visit
these extraordinary locales during your stay in Jammu. | 
