Amar Mahal Palace Museum
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Peer Kho Cave Temple & Ranbireshwar
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A Tawi-bank cave shrine of Shiva linked by legend to Jamwant the bear-king, and the city's great 1883 Ranbireshwar temple of crystal lingams.
Raghunath Temple, Jammu
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The 'city of temples' at its grandest — a seven-shrine 1857 Dogra complex to Rama whose interiors gleam with gold leaf and lakhs of saligram deities.
Bahu Fort & Bagh-e-Bahu
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
An ancient Tawi-cliff fort holding the Bawe Wali Mata Kali shrine, ringed by terraced Mughal-style gardens and a big riverside aquarium.
Mubarak Mandi Palace
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The Dogra maharajas' sprawling 150-year-old court complex — Rajasthani-Mughal-Baroque wings around grand courtyards, slowly being restored, with the Dogra Art Museum.
Surinsar Lake
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
Mansar's lotus-covered twin in the Shivalik woods — arrow-struck from the Mahabharata by legend, ringed by a forest parikrama path.
Akhnoor Fort & Jia Pota Ghat
Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir
A Chenab-cliff fort over Harappan-era diggings, beside the ghat where Gulab Singh was anointed Dogra king in 1822 under a jia pota tree.
Purmandal & Utterbehni
Samba, Jammu and Kashmir
'Chhota Kashi' — a temple town on the underground Devika river, whose sands are parted for holy baths where the stream runs unseen.