Jammu is also known as City of Temples, there are a lot of temples and shrines in Jammu, some of these are Raghunath Temple, Ranbireshwar Temple, Peer Kho Cave Temple, Bawey Wali Mata, Mahamaya Temple, etc. Jammu is also the gateway to Kashmir from the Punjab region and is the gateway to Mata Vaishno Devi Temple's most popular Hindu shrine. Jammu is J & K's second-largest city and its winter capital, nestled at the foothills of the Pir Panjal mountain range of the majestic Himalayas. Katra car rental, Cab booking in Katra, Taxi Service for Amritsar to Katra. A beautiful & enchanting river called Tawi flows through the city.
It is believed that the name of the city had been derived from the name of the king, whose name was Jamboo Lochan. One of his hunting campaigns he reached the Tawi River where he saw a goat and a lion drinking water at the same place at the same time. The king was impressed and he decided to build a city on this soil after his name, Jamboo. With time, the name was corrupted and became "Jammu". Jammu was always a prosperous city and was ruled by many. The Afghans and the Mughals also ruled over Jammu and eventually was handed over to the Sikh chieftain Maharaja Gulab Singh.
