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Tourist Spot Attractions In Poonch District

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District Poonch or Punch is one of the most remote districts of Jammu and Kashmir. It is bounded by the Line of Control on three sides . The 1947-48 war between India and Pakistan divided the earlier district into two parts. One went to Pakistan and the other became part of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir.
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  • 4. Raghunath Temple Jammu
    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...
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