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Ramnagar in district udhampur in Jammu and kashmir

'Introduction of Ramnagar' Ramnagar a very beautiful place situated in the laps of mountains.Ramnagar is in District Udhampur.It is 37km from Udhampur and 100 km from Jammu.There are so many temples and mahals of Raja`s and maharaja`s.In ramnagar there is a very big ground and at one side at top there is a temple of vaishno Devi.It is protected by Narsingh ji from north and by south shiv ji.

Ramnagar Fort  Another historic building in the area just near the Sheesh Mahal is the Ramnagar Fort overlooking Mansa Devi Nallah which was built by Raja Suchet Singh. It is entered by a narrow bridge over the moat. The fort is square on plan with polygonal bastions rising to three stories on four corners. The parapet wall having machicolation in three tiers all along is further strengthened by bastions in the middle of its back and inside are images of Ganesha, Durga and Hanuman. Around the central courtyard are magazines, cells and moat about five meter deep around the fort. The Archaeological Survey of India took over this fort in 1972 for its renovation and protect it.

After the death of Raja Suchet Singh in March 1844, his wife perform sati near the fort. The place where the rani perform the sati, a lagre platform was build, known as smadhi of Maharani. The walls of the Smadhi are decorated with the Pehari paintings

Major tourist attraction in Ramnagar

'PINGLA MATA' Pingla Mata is situated at a small hillock in village Pinger in Ramnagar Tehsil, about 20 Kms from Udhampur on Udhampur-Ramnagar Road and has been gaining popularity since last few years. The Holy Shrine is about 6 Kms away from the village Kaua on the Domail-Ramnagar Road and is linked with the track. The Shrine consists of small cave where The divine power lies in the shape of Pindies. The cave of Pingla Mata seems a small hole from outside but it has as much space inside as to accommodate at least 500 people at a time. Though the journey is tough yet it does not tire the devotees because of scenic beauty throughout. The entire track consists of lush green pine trees which inspire the devotees to move on.

As per the popular legend, some shepherds of Pinger village used to come to this jungle for grazing their cattle. A girl used to provide them food everyday but had warned them that this must not be disclosed to anyone. As such they never felt the necessity to take meals at home. Their parents were worried as to why they do not take meal at home. One day the villager followed their children and watched them in the jungle. They saw a girl serving food to the shepherds and then disappeared in a nearby cave.

Another legend some hunters came to this jungle for hunting and they saw a lion entering the cave. They collected some firewood and burnt it at the mouth of the cave. But within no time the hunters were astonished to see that the lion came out of the cave after piercing the big rock. Then they entered entered the cave and saw Mata there. Light can be seen coming from this narrow hole in the cave from where the loin had gone out

Shish mahal Another historic building in the area just near the Sheesh Mahal is the Ramnagar Fort overlooking Mansa Devi Nallah which was built by Raja Suchet Singh. It is entered by a narrow bridge over the moat. The fort is square on plan with polygonal bastions rising to three stories on four corners. The parapet wall having machicolation in three tiers all along is further strengthened by bastions in the middle of its back and inside are images of Ganesha, Durga and Hanuman. Around the central courtyard are magazines, cells and moat about five meter deep around the fort. The Archaeological Survey of India took over this fort in 1972 for its renovation and protect it.

After the death of Raja Suchet Singh in March 1844, his wife perform sati near the fort. The place where the rani perform the sati, a lagre platform was build, known as smadhi of Maharani. The walls of the Smadhi are decorated with the Pehari paintings