Jammu and Kashmir Temples

The state of Jammu & Kashmir has numerous towering temples slicing the skyline. Raghunath group of temples in Jammu city is the largest in North India. Vaishno Devi in Jammu and Amarnath in Kashmir attract pilgrims in hordes throughout the year as great religious importance is attached to these places. People from literally all over India and abroad come to see the place. These temples are internationally renowned.

The city of Jammu has come to be known as the `City Of Temples`. Innumerable temples and shrines with `Shikhars` soaring into the sky create the ambience of a holy and peaceful city.

The Amarnath temple is one of the most revered pilgrimage places in India. The cave is located at 86 miles north east of Srinagar at 13000 feet above sea level. Surrounded by the snow clad mountains, Amarnath enshrines a natural Shivalingam of ice formed by the drops of water oozing in the cave
Regards.The Raghunath temple is dedicated to Lord Rama. It is located in the heart of the city of Jammu. This temple?s construction was started in 1835 by Maharaja Gulab Singh and completed by his son, Maharaja Ranbir Singh in 1860. The inner walls of the temple have the coverings made of gold sheet on three sides. There are galleries of lakhs of Saligrams. The temple has seven shrines each with a tower of its own. The main sanctuary is dedicated to Lord Rama whereas other sanctuaries are dedicated to other gods and goddesses from the epic Ramayana in the surrounding region.The Vaishno Devi temple is located in the Trikuta Mountain at 61 kms north of Jammu at a height of 5,200 feet above the sea level. The shrine can be visited throughout the year, but in winters, it is difficult due to snowfall.The legend has that the three main manifestations of Goddess like Mata Maha Kali, Mata Maha Lakshmi and Mata Maha Saraswati united together one day and pooled the collective Tejas or spiritual strength. Then a bright light emanated from the place where a beautiful young girl emerged out of this Tejas. She was told to live on earth, spending her time in upholding righteousness and later merge into Vishnu. So, the girl was born to Ratankar and his wife who called her as Vaishnavi.


There are quite a few temples in Jammu and Kashmir that are worth visiting and some of them are the

1. Mata Vaishno Devi Temple
2. Raghunath Temple
3. Ranbireshwar Temple
4. Bahu Temple
5. Peer Khoh Cave Temple
6. Buddha Amarnath Temple
7. Sudh Mahadev Temple
8. Shankaracharya Temple
9. Kheer Bhavani Temple
10. Sharika Devi Temple
11. Martand Temple
12. Pandrethan Temple
13. Shivkhori
14. Baba Dhansar
15. Kalika Temple
16. Babore Temples
17. Athra Buja Devi Temple
18. Chandi Mata Temple
19. Gupt Ganga Temple
20. Vasukinag Temple
21. Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
22. Cave Temple
23. Cave Temple of Bumazuv
24. Chota Amarnath Temple
25. Harischandir Temple
26. Kartiyayini Mandir
27. Kother Temple
28. Nagbal Temple
29. Uma Devi Temple
30. Ramakrishnan Mahasammelan Ashram
31. Shillagram Temple
32. Buniar Temple
33. Dhathamandir
34. Fathgarh Temple
35. Kesava Temple
36. Naranthal Temple
37. Sankaragaurishwara Temple
38. Sugandhesa Temple
39. Vishnu Temple
40. Shiva Mameshwara Temple
41. Sharada Temple
42. Bhadrakali Temple
43. Narastan Temple
44. Airwan Temple
45. Asha Purani Mandir
46. Mata Balaji Sundri Temple
47. Mata Sundrikote Temple
48. Sapt Sarovar Mandir
49. Shiv Temple
50. Sukarala Mata Temple
51. Chamunda Devi Temple
52. Jodia Di Mata
53. Bhuteshwara Temple
54. Ganesh Temple
55. Loduv Temple
56. Rameshwaram Shiva Temple
57. Mamal Shiva Temple
58. Manasbal Temple
59. Narayan Temple
60. Maitreya Temple
61. Serzang Temple
62. Sumtsek Temple
63. Dorje Chenmo Temple
64. Kangyu-Lang & Tsangyu-Lang Temples
65. Lachung Temple
66. Bijli Mahadev Temple
67. Amarnath Caves Pilgrim
68. Sharda Teerth
69. Mulbekh Gompa
70. Chamchung Shrine
71. Vajra Bhairava Shrine
72. Sankar Gompa
73. Lotsawa Lha Khang
74. Manjushri Lha Khang
75. Gandpa Gompa
76. Lha Khang Soma
77. Avantivarman Temples