Monday, December 1, 2008

Temples of Jammu and Kashmir, India

The blog India Travel Destinations offers you details regarding tour booking to temples to Jammu and Kashmir, India. There are quite a few temples in Jammu and Kashmir that are worth visiting and some of them are the Raghunath Temples, Kheer Bhawani Temple, Sudh Mahadev Temple, Vaishno Devi, Amarnath and the Shankaracharya Temple.

The Raghunath Temple is dedicated to the Hindu deity Lord Rama. This temple was constructed by Maharaja Gulab Singh sometime the year 1835 and was completed by his son Maharaja Ranbir Singh in the year 1860 A.D. This temple is dedicated to the Hindu deity, Lord Rama. The inner walls of this old temple are covered with gold sheets and the temple has several galleries that are ornately decorated.

Vaishno Devi,Jammu

This ancient temple is surrounded by a number of other temples that are dedicated to several Hindu deities who find a mention in the Hindu epic, Ramayana.

The Sudh Mahadev Temple in Kashmir, India is another important historical site that you may visit during your temple tours to Kashmir, India. This ancient and holy temple is located close to Patnitop and is famous for the Asad Purnima Festival that is organized here annually. According to popular legend this holy shrine is the place where the Hindu deity Lord Shiva was meditating when his consort Uma's cry shook him out of his meditation.

During your temple tours to Jammu and Kashmir, India you must go on a tour to Vaishnodevi . Vaishnodevi is one of the most sacred Hindu pilgrimages. The Vaishnodevi sacred shrine is situated inside a cave on top of the Trikuta Mountains in Jammu and Kashmir, India. This sacred shrine is located at a distance of 61 kilometers from Jammu, India.

Another sacred site that you must visit during your temple tours to Jammu and Kashmir, India is the Amarnath shrine. According to legend the Hindu deity Lord Shiva narrated the secret of creation to Goddess Parvati inside this cave. This shrine is of immense religious importance to the Hindus. There is a huge ice lingam inside the Amarnath cave that represents the main deity.

The Kheer Bhawani Temple is another famous temple that you should visit during your temple tours to Jammu and Kashmir, India. The Kheer Bhawani temple is the pilgrim centre of the Goddess Maharagya Devi. This pilgrimage is located at a distance of 14 miles from Srinagar in the Tula Mula village in Kashmir, India.

1 comment:

Stranger World said...

Online Bus Ticket Booking. Jammu is one of the three administrative divisions within jammu and kashmir, the northernmost state in india. Jammu city is the largest city in jammu and the winter capital of jammu and kashmir. Jammu city is also known as "city of temples" as it has many temples and shrines, with glittering shikhars soaring into the sky, which dot the city’s skyline, creating the ambiance of a holy and peaceful hindu city.