Places To Visit
Mansar Lake is situated on the Samba - Udhampur Road at a distance of twenty two km from Samba. The Mansar Lake is surrounded by small hills with different Hindu Gods and Goddesses Temples and also attracts a large number of tourists as well as religious pilgrims in the area. A tourist complex comprising five tourist huts and rooms situated on the bank of the Lake provides accommodation to the tourists /visitors. The State Government has also established development authority known as Surinsar-Mansar Development Authority which is responsible for implementation of tourism developmental projects in all the four tourist places.
Purmandal is a religious place situated at a distance of thirty nine km from Jammu and also connected with Samba via Purmandal-Utterbani –Vijaypur road. Purmandal is known as “Chotta Kashi”, having old Shiva temples which has significant religious importance and surrounded by the Shivalik Hills that possess a natural beauty.
Utterbani is another religious place situated on the bank of legendary Devika and is having centuries old temples located at a distance of five km from Purmandal.
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