By The R. Chenab At Akhnoor City.
Akhnoor City, is just 30/35 kms from Jammu city...............We just had a day to plan out a hot-day frike-out trip & a drive upto Akhnoor was the most ideal one. Akhnoor ,is more commonly known amongst people as the land of Heer-Ranjha.................. We drove off to the place in the morning after having sumptous breakfast as we were aware that we'll hardly find good eatteries on the way ....upto the end of Talab-tilo road ,there's lot of shops but sunday's might see a deserted look.By 9:30am we were at the Akhnoor Fort site...Its simply in ruins & is under the Archeological Survey of India's protection. As we walked in to the end walls of the fort...Oh,what a beautiful glimpses of the R. Chenab........................ We kept exploring the fort & as we walked down upto the river ghats....the gate was locked. But luckily we soon came across the incharge of the fort, we gave us its keys to walk upto the ghats from here....It was really beautiful & well maintained.... We saw people taking a dip into the water's of Chenab& we were more eager to get into it too.... Hardly we knew that the water's were chilling ice-cold ,which gave us a thermal shock as we put our feets in..... But soon we started loving the experience & felt bad that we didn't come here prepared with clothings to take a dip here ...... may be next time..... We enjoyed our Cold drinks by the R. Chenab ,before we made it to the Pandava Caves here,by the govind ghat. It seems that Pandavas stayed here during the exile period & errected the Shiva lingam to please Lord Shiva to win over the battle of Kurukshetra.... Saw a narrow way inside the caves, which is believed to exit at Amarnath shrine ,But its closed by ASI.
After a darshan at theAkhnoor Gurudwara & Parashuram temple ,we headed for Ambaran site( Excavation site of harappan Civilisation).....though not well maintained ,but the excavated items are well displaced at the ASI office at the site. The newly built arch-bridge over the R. Chenab at Ambaran is quite a photographer's delight.It was almost 43C temp. & we were all exausted by then & so, thought to have our packed lunch ,under the shades of the arch-bridge....It was really fun ,to enjoy ones lunch ,by the R. Chenab ,amidst dense jungles of Akhnoor & offcourse by the site of a great Civilisation ...... After lunch ,we drove off ,over the arch-bridge ,along the borders of India....It was really enjoyable as we drove thru' tiny settlements/ Maize-fields..... Could See the otherside ...... Both side of the border looks the same , adorning the green cover of the maize......................... We thought to just drive upto the bypass road to Sunderbani , just to have an over-all idea to this Harappan Land...... Excavation site are spreaded all over this region .....Sunderbani , might be next time..................... Its now time to drive back home.... Really ,a worth travel to enjoy the less travelled locales of J&K.
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| The view of R. Chenab from topmost point at Akhnoor Fort. |
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| The Govind ghat by the R. Chenab at akhnoor. |
Akhnoor City, is just 30/35 kms from Jammu city...............We just had a day to plan out a hot-day frike-out trip & a drive upto Akhnoor was the most ideal one. Akhnoor ,is more commonly known amongst people as the land of Heer-Ranjha.................. We drove off to the place in the morning after having sumptous breakfast as we were aware that we'll hardly find good eatteries on the way ....upto the end of Talab-tilo road ,there's lot of shops but sunday's might see a deserted look.By 9:30am we were at the Akhnoor Fort site...Its simply in ruins & is under the Archeological Survey of India's protection. As we walked in to the end walls of the fort...Oh,what a beautiful glimpses of the R. Chenab........................ We kept exploring the fort & as we walked down upto the river ghats....the gate was locked. But luckily we soon came across the incharge of the fort, we gave us its keys to walk upto the ghats from here....It was really beautiful & well maintained.... We saw people taking a dip into the water's of Chenab& we were more eager to get into it too.... Hardly we knew that the water's were chilling ice-cold ,which gave us a thermal shock as we put our feets in..... But soon we started loving the experience & felt bad that we didn't come here prepared with clothings to take a dip here ...... may be next time..... We enjoyed our Cold drinks by the R. Chenab ,before we made it to the Pandava Caves here,by the govind ghat. It seems that Pandavas stayed here during the exile period & errected the Shiva lingam to please Lord Shiva to win over the battle of Kurukshetra.... Saw a narrow way inside the caves, which is believed to exit at Amarnath shrine ,But its closed by ASI.
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| The Arch-bridge at Ambaran site(Akhnoor). |
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| The Ambaran excavation site. |
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| The Akhnoor Fort in ruins. |
After a darshan at theAkhnoor Gurudwara & Parashuram temple ,we headed for Ambaran site( Excavation site of harappan Civilisation).....though not well maintained ,but the excavated items are well displaced at the ASI office at the site. The newly built arch-bridge over the R. Chenab at Ambaran is quite a photographer's delight.It was almost 43C temp. & we were all exausted by then & so, thought to have our packed lunch ,under the shades of the arch-bridge....It was really fun ,to enjoy ones lunch ,by the R. Chenab ,amidst dense jungles of Akhnoor & offcourse by the site of a great Civilisation ...... After lunch ,we drove off ,over the arch-bridge ,along the borders of India....It was really enjoyable as we drove thru' tiny settlements/ Maize-fields..... Could See the otherside ...... Both side of the border looks the same , adorning the green cover of the maize......................... We thought to just drive upto the bypass road to Sunderbani , just to have an over-all idea to this Harappan Land...... Excavation site are spreaded all over this region .....Sunderbani , might be next time..................... Its now time to drive back home.... Really ,a worth travel to enjoy the less travelled locales of J&K.
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