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Pilgrimage Tourism

Bhaderwah has also become a hub of pilgrimage activity. The festivities start from early spring in April and first center of religious activity is the famous temple of Subernag situated at a height of 10,200 feet in Swardhar Mountains. Devotees of Lord Shiva from the neighboring districts gather to celebrate the occasion and the festivities continue for 2-3 days. This festival is followed by week long celebrations at neighboring majestic peak Roushera. This peak at 11,000 feet from MSL has Roushera Devi temple. The celebrations continue during Navratri period for 9 days and attract tourists from J&K and Himachal Pradesh. Other places having religious tourism importance are...

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Comfort Tourism

There is adventure tourism, luxury tours and heritage trips... and now Jammu and Kashmir has started 'comfort tourism' in its beautiful but inaccessible Bhaderwah Valley, where households have opened their doors to visitors in the absence of hotels and guesthouses. Comfort tourism kick-started this year in Bhaderwah, dotted with mountains, thick forests, natural springs and brooks, south of the Pir Panjal range. About 85 households in the town, 205 km from here, played host to devotees on their way to the three-day pilgrimage to the Kailash kund 14,000 feet high in the Himalayas. It was all free. The idea of comfort tourism is to encourage development of infrastructure at places that are rich with tourism potential but are remote and inaccessible like Bhaderwah Valley that is often known as mini Kashmir.

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Adventure Tourism

Scenic and serene, Bhaderwah has the distinction of being, the eco-adventure destination among the Himalayan range of north India. Lush Green Meadows, rolling hills, widespread conifers and challenging rock faces. The rush of, excitement and adventure, both of which can be experienced here. There a lot of scope for these activities. Bhadarwah Development Authorities has stared these activates with the help of some private agencies for the year 2006. Other agencies also coming to work in bhaderwah.

The Meadows like Soej, Padri, Roushara, Jantron provide a best place for Eco-advanture activites.

Valleys like Jai, Chinta, Kelar , Churala, Blaisa etc a are best place for camping as well as trekking activities

Till now Bhaderwah is providing you a eco-adventure activities like Para Gliding, Rock Climbing, Trekking, Camping, Rope Courses etc

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Heritage

Situated at the bottom of Aashapati peak of Kailash moun-tain range on Western side of Bhaderwah town, a spring bowl made up of gold has religious importance for people of Bhaderwah. On the first Sharadh following Navratras in the month of October/November people take a dip in the icy cold water of the spring, which is covered by a thick layer of snow to purify them from sins. Legend goes that there existed a golden spring whence an old lady of Padha family would fetch water every day for drinking as well as cooking purpose. One day she fell ill and in her place her daughter-in-law went to fetch the water. When the young lady reached the spring she was surprised to see that it was made of huge golden bricks. So that nobody could see this golden spring bowl she covered it by her white dupatta (head sheet) and went to inform her brothers about the precious spring. But by the time they returned, the white head sheet had already turned into a thick layer of ice. They tried to dig the bowl, but in vein and returned home tired and exhausted. It is said that since then the bowl remains buried under snow which does not melt even during hot summer days when there is no trace of snow found in and around Ashapati hill. An English man had also tried to dig the bowl with the help of a large contingent of labour, but the task could not be accomplished because serpents one after another started coming out from under the snow sheet and before the greedy man could understand as to what was happening a gigantic land slide occurred turning the bowl place into a big heap of debris. Since then nobody ever tried to go for the misadventure and the secret of the golden bowl remains buried for ever.

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