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right bank of the River Tawi in
a series of hillocks makes a striking picture against the background of the auspicious Trikuta range of mountains in the foothills of the Pir Panjal range that separates the Jammu region from the valley of Kashmir to its north. |
Jammu, widely known as “City of temples” is an ancient city and was the seat of the Dogra
Dynasty for 100 years prior to 1947. It has also been
the winter capital of the state of Jammu & Kashmir for
a century and a half. The Original Old city rising
from the
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The sacred Shrine of Shri Vaishno Devi, as also the ancient temples and shrines of the Jammu region, draw thousands of pilgrims to them from all over the country as well as the world. Post-1947 has seen the newer development of the present city spreading in a wide sprawl across the left bank of the Tawi.
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