Udhampur is next
tourist destination of India positioned in Jammu and Kashmir State. This tiny
town is famous attraction of Jammu and Kashmir as there are loads of places for
voyagers. Even the path towards Udhampur is full of natural beauty and green
valleys. India’s biggest and religious shrine Vaishno
Devi temple is in same
region. People from all over the world are attaining to Vaishno
Devi shrine
placed on the top of mountain surrounded with deep valleys and greenery
everywhere. To reach shrine voyagers have to cover distance of 14 kms from
Katra city which is one more tourist place in Jammu.
Cave temple
is another popular spot in Udhampur placed in Shivkhori. Udhampur is the region
having amazing locations for travelers. However, covering the Udhampur region
in one or two days is not possible hence tourist must plan the trip for at
least two weeks for the district. Cave temple of Shivkhori is devoted to God
Shiva.
Udhampur district
is positioned in the Shiwalik ranges of great Himalayas. Most are of Udhampur
is hilly covered with dense forest and snow. During winter people might get the
shower of snow in town.
Attraction
in Udhampur:
Vaishno
Devi:
the more popular holy place for Hindu’s is first tourist attraction in Udhampur
region. Hindu religion people also recognize the Vaishno
Devi as Mata Rani or
Vaishnavi. Reaching Vaishno
Devi is possible from Katra as journey of high hill
of 14 kms starts from Katra to Vaishno
Devi. Roughly 8 million people reach
temple to take blessing of Mata Rani every year. Vaishno
Devi is spotted on 2nd
place in world for pilgrims as first position is occupied by Tirupati (Tirumala Venkateswara) Temple
which is another best religious place of India.
Shivkhori:
another spot for voyagers is Shivkhori popular for cave temple of Lord Shiva. This
temple is placed in Reasi region of Jammu. Countless shrines such as Siad Baba, Vaishno
Devi, Merhada Mata, Bhimgarh Fort, Baba Dhansar are also in Reasi
region. Shivkhori is located among the mounts placed at good distance of 140 kms
from Jammu. From Udhampur Shivkhori is 120 kms away and from Katra its 80 kms.
Patnitop: world
famous hill station Patnitop is next tourist attraction in Udhampur. NH (National
Highway) 1A straight away links the Patnitop to Jammu with only distance of 112
kms. This NH road connects Srinagar to Udhampur and other cities of India. Chenab
River flows from the nearby area of Patnitop so travelers can enjoy loads of
locations in Patnitop as well.
Reasi: the
town known as Reasi is our next tourist spot located close to River Chenab. Name
Reasi is derived from ancient word RASYAL. Earlier town was recognized as Bhimgarh
state founded by Bhim Dev.
Baba
Dhansar: one religious place of Udhampur is Baba Dhansar placed in the Karua Pond
close to Karua Village. However, the place is only 17 kms away from Reasi but
road is little difficult as most of the area is full of hills. As per Hindu
myth Lord Shiva tell the story of Immortality to Mata Parvati in Amarnath. Lord
Shiva left his reptile king Shesh Nag at religious place Anantnag, though the Nag
becomes human being and named as Vasudev. Vasudev gave birth to a son named as Dhansar
who moved to Karua and become saint.
Bhimgarh
Fort: people love historical places can visit Bhimgarh to watch fort identified
as Reasi Fort. Bhimgarh Fort is located on hills at only distance of 64 kms from Jammu. Fort is having values as it was restructured by Gulab Singh in 1817,
though prior to period fort was constructed by Maharaj Rishipal Rana.
Kalika
Temple: also known as Maha Kali Temple is next holy place of Udhampur located
close to Reasi. Sources say Kalika Mata came in reverie of Pandit Jagat Ram
around 300 years ago. Mata indicated her existence in form of Pindi deceit
underground of hill. After the excavation of hill a small Pindi (stone) was
found. Later Jagat Ram constructed the temple of Maha Kali Mata on such place
and started caretaking the temple.
Many more
spots like Mansar Lake, Suruinsar Lake, Sanasar, Nathatop and Pancheri are few
more impressive spots of Udhampur where travelers can reach. Overall the town
is having high values for religious people but the town is fully covered with
natural beauties hence anybody can attain to spot to enjoy the nature.
Attaining to
Udhampur: