Jammu tour guide with lodging, food, shopping and sightseeing

Jammu-Kashmir is such an unique state where all four seasons viz., summer, winter, spring, and autumn is clearly felt throughout the year. Nature adorns itself into unparalleled beauty in each of these specific seasons. The natural beauty and beautiful characteristics has earned itself the so-called name.

Jammu

How to reach there?

• Trains are available from Kolkata to reach there, comfortably. The Jammu Tawi express leaves Kolkata in the afternoon and reaches there in the morning after one day. The Himgiri express leaves in the midnight and reaches there in the afternoon after one day. This train leaves Kolkata on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday only. Though the distance between the place is 1976 Kilometers but both the trains take a long time to reach the destination.


• Alternatively, one may also reach there via Delhi. This would save some valuable time. Several express trains are available from Kolkata to reach Delhi like the Rajdhani express, Duronto express, Poorva express, Kalka mail, etc. From Delhi, Shalimar express, Rajdhani express, Sampark Kranti express, Delhi-Udhampur-Jammu mail, etc., are available.


• There is no direct flight from Kolkata to Jammu. From Dumdum airport regular flights take off to Delhi. From Delhi, one may reach there through the airways.

Lodging and hotels

Shopping and food

Attractions and sight seeing

1. Raghunath Temple: The Raghunathji mandir complex is the heart, soul and life of the city. Inside it, there are the idols of lord Rama, Lakshmana and Sita. In 1835, Maharaja Gulab Singh started the construction of this building complex. The structure was completed in the reign of his son Ranbir Singh. In the old Mandi region, there is another temple structure similar to this built in the year 1888.


2. Bahu Fort: This fort locates on the bank of river Tawi and on the peak of the mountain. King Dogra built this 3000 years ago. Near the entrance of the fort is the mosque built by king Akbar. There is also the temples of the Goddess Lakshmi and goddess Kali inside it. Near the fort is the beautiful garden, Bagh-I-Bahu. The opposite of it, is the palace of Maharaja Hari Singh, Mubarak Mandi. This palace is built by the Mughal and European style of art.


3. Amar Mahal Palace: This house was built in 1907 with the Parsi style. At present, it is a museum and it remains open everyday, except Monday and other national holidays.


4. Dogra Art Gallery: This is a beautiful art museum located in the Pink hall at Mubarak Mandi. It displays more than 800 unique paintings to attract the visitors. Besides, various artifacts and structures of the ancient times reflect the life at the then times. Moreover, several carpentry tools are also on display. The institute remains throughout the year, except, Mondays with special timings in summer and winter. In summer, it remains open from 8am to 1:30pm and in winter from 10:30am to 4:30pm.


5. Peer Kho: It has the natural built shiva linga inside the cave. It is on the bank of the Tawi river and also known as the Jamwant cave. It attracts a huge crowd of devotees from far and wide during the festival of Shivratri.


6. Ranbireshwar Mandir: In 1883, Maharaja Ranbir Singh laid the foundation stone of this temple. It is built in memory of Lord Shiva.