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DISTRICT REASI

MATA VAISHNO DEVI

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Tourism

Distr i c t Reas i i s most sought af ter p lace on the toui sm map. The di s tr i c t has

honour to at tact a very large number of touri s ts across the g lobe . There are

m an y d es ti na ti on i s t he d is tr ic t. S hr in e o f S hr i Ma ta V ai sh no D ev i i s

paramount to at tract a very large number of p i lgr ims every year . Fol lowing

are some of the destinations for Touists:-

Vaishno Shrine

Vaishno Devi shrine i s located in the lap of eye opening Shival ic hi l l s which is

13 Kms from base camp Katra which i s one of the prominent town of Di str i c t

Reasi and 63 kms from Jammu ci ty.The Shrine is famous pi lgrimage centre in

Jammu and Kashmir s tate . I t i s managed by Shri Mata Vai shno Devi Shrine

Board s ince 1986. Mil l ion of P i lgr ims from wi thin and outs ide the country

vi s i t th i s holy p lace every year . In the year 2010 number of p i lgr ims reached

upto 87.49 lacs. The graph is rising every year. .

Shiv Khori

Reasi town i s a l so famous for the ancient cave of Lord Shiva . A big fa i r takes

place on shivratr i day which cont inues for three days . An est imated 16 ,000

devotees visi t this place during this period.

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Dera Baba Banda

Dera Baba banda i s another p lace of the touri s t a t tract ion . Baba Banda Singh

was a famous sa int so ld ier of Guru Govind Singh. A Gurdwara on the bank of

Chinab i s reminding memories of h i s t ime. He spent h i s l ast days here . Thi s

place i s cons idered as a major p i lgr image center for Hindus & Sikhs s i tuated

in Reas i tehs i l o f Di str i c t Udhampur. People from outs ide s tate a l so come tothi s p lace for p i lgr image part i cularly on the fest iva l o f Bai sakhi in the month

of Apri l every year.

Salal Power Project

Sala l Power Project i s a l so a source of at tract ion for v i s i tors s i tuated 23 Km

a w a y f ro m D i st t . H . Q. R ea si su rro u n ded b y m o un ta in s . Sa l a l H y dro e lec tri c

P ro jec t co n s truc ted o n r i ver C h en a b i n th e d i s t r ic t R ea si . T h e p rojec t h a s

capaci ty of 690 MW. The benef i c iary s tates are U.P, J&K, Punjab, Haryana,

Delhi , H.P. Chandigarh & Rajasthan. The visi tors s how enthuse to have a sight

of the Project.

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Baba Aghar Jitto

B a b a A g h a r J i t to a sp i r i tu a l d ev o tee o f S h r i M a ta V a i sh n o D ev i . A fa rm er

sacr i f ied h i s l i fe for get t ing due r ight share of agr iculture crop from Jagirdar

Bir Singh who denied to give the committed share. This i s why he scari fied his

l if e f or g et ti ng h is r ig ht & b ec am e f am ou s a mo ng t he f ar me rs , h av e a

attraction for yatries also. The statue of Baba Ji tto i s s i tuate near road side in

the lap of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi .

Bhimgarh Fort Reasi

T h is i s a n h i s to r ica l fo r t b u il t b y R a ja Z o raw a r S i n g h, th e fa m o u s D o g ra

General who repel led the Chinese from Ladakh. The fort i s bui l t on the bank

of River Anji at a hi l lock. It i s also an at traction for the touris t visi t ing Reasi .