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Raghunath Temple

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Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Temple
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| On the River Tawi, 535217, India

Raghunath Temple consists of a complex of seven Hindu shrines, located in Jammu in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The temple was built by Mahant Narottam Das during the first quarter of 19th-century when the region was under the Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The temple has many gods in its complex of shrines, but the presiding deity is Rama – also known as Raghunath, an Avatar of Vishnu. All the spiral-shaped towers have gold plated spires. The niches in the walls of the shrines are decorated with 300 well-crafted icons of gods and goddesses including those of Surya and Shiva, but most are particularly related to the life stories of Rama and Krishna. The paintings in the 15 panels of the main shrine are based on themes from Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavad Gita. The temple premises include a school and a library that preserves over 6,000 manuscripts in many Indian languages, with a notable collection of Sarada script Sanskrit manuscripts. The temple was the site of two 2002 terrorist attacks, according to a New York Times report, when Islamic militants attacked it in March and November, with grenades and indulged in indiscriminate firing which resulted in the death of 20 devotees and also in injuries to over 40 people.
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