Places to visit in Jammu & Kashmir
57 places to visit in Jammu & Kashmir, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Akhnoor Fort, Avantiswami Temple, Martand Sun Temple and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Jammu & Kashmir volume.
5 National monuments · 2 State heritage sites · 14 Famous places to visit · 3 Offbeat places · 33 Hidden gems
National monuments in Jammu & Kashmir (5)
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Akhnoor Fort
A fort on the Chenab bluff above a Harappan mound, where the Dogra rajas were crowned.
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Avantiswami Temple
A ninth century Vishnu temple at Avantipora, roofless, with its colonnade standing.
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Martand Sun Temple
Colonnades open to the Kashmir sky since the eighth century.
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Pari Mahal
Terraced gardens above the Dal, built for an astronomer prince.
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Shankaracharya Temple
Two hundred and forty three steps above the city.
State heritage sites in Jammu & Kashmir (2)
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Bahu Fort
Above the Tawi, with Kali inside.
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Mubarak Mandi Palace
The Dogra seat in the old walled city of Jammu, added to by one ruler after another from 1824.
Famous places to visit in Jammu & Kashmir (14)
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Anji Khad Bridge
A railway bridge over the Anji gorge in Reasi, its main span held up on cables.
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Baglihar Dam
A run of the river power project on the Chenab in Ramban district.
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Bhaderwah
Little Kashmir, without the traffic.
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Chenab Bridge
A railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi, its deck 359 metres above the water.
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Dal Lake
Eighteen square kilometres of water with floating gardens and houseboats moored where the shikaras land.
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Gulmarg
A meadow at twenty six hundred metres with one of the highest cable cars in the world running above it.
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Hazratbal Shrine
A white marble mosque on the Dal, and one relic.
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Pahalgam
Where the Lidder valley opens out, the starting point for the Amarnath walk and for most Kashmiri trekking.
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Patnitop
The stop everyone makes on the Jammu Srinagar road.
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Salal Hydroelectric Power Station
The first power project India built on the Chenab, a run of the river scheme in Reasi.
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Shalimar Bagh
A Mughal terraced garden of 1619 built for Nur Jahan, water running down its length by gravity alone.
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Sonamarg
The meadow of gold, and the start of the Zoji La road.
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Vaishno Devi
A cave shrine reached by thirteen kilometres of climb, and one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in India.
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Wular Lake
One of Asia's largest freshwater lakes.
Offbeat places in Jammu & Kashmir (3)
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Afarwat Peak
A summit of 4,390 metres above Gulmarg, under snow for most of the year.
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Amarnath Cave
An ice lingam, and the hardest yatra in the country.
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Char Chinar
An island in the Dal with four chinar trees on it, one at each corner.
Hidden gems in Jammu & Kashmir (33)
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Abdullah Bridge
A bridge over the Jhelum at Srinagar, named for Sheikh Abdullah and standing beside the old Zero Bridge.
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Anchar Lake
A lake north of Srinagar joined to the Dal by a channel, and much the worse for it.
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Aru Valley
Where the Kolahoi treks begin.
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Awantipora Ruins
Two Utpala temples on the Jhelum road.
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Banihal Pass
The way into the valley before the tunnel, and the reason the tunnel was dug.
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Betaab Valley
Named after a film, and it has not stopped.
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Chashme Shahi
The smallest Mughal garden and the best water.
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Dachigam National Park
The walled hunting reserve above Srinagar that is now the last home of the hangul.
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Doodhpathri
A meadow the crowds have not found yet.
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Gadsar Lake
An alpine lake on the great lakes trek, ringed in flowers, with a story about a monster.
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Gangabal Lake
A glacial lake under Harmukh, reached on foot, and the end of the Kashmir great lakes trek.
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Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary
The forest above the meadow, kept for the musk deer and the hangul.
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Hari Niwas Palace
A Dogra palace on a hill above Jammu, now a hotel, with the Tawi below.
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Harmukh
A peak above Gangabal the Kashmiri Pandits hold sacred, and long thought unclimbable.
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Jamia Masjid
Three hundred and seventy deodar pillars, each a single tree, holding up a mosque first built in 1394.
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Kheer Bhawani
A spring temple at Tulmulla whose water changes colour, and black is said to mean trouble.
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Kolahoi Peak
The highest peak wholly in Kashmir, above the Lidder, and its glacier is going.
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Krishansar Lake
An alpine lake under Nichnai, joined to Vishansar by a stream, both on the great lakes trek.
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Manasbal Lake
The deepest lake in Kashmir, lotus on the surface in July and a Mughal garden on one bank.
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Mansar Lake
A lake east of Jammu with a Sheshnag temple, and boats.
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Nigeen Lake
The quieter part of the Dal, with the houseboats that people who know book.
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Nishat Bagh
Twelve terraces for the signs of the zodiac, rising from Dal Lake toward the Zabarwan hills.
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Parihaspora
The capital Lalitaditya built in the eighth century, now platforms and enormous blocks in a field.
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Pir Panjal Pass
The old Mughal road into Kashmir, walked by Jahangir and now a road again.
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Raghunath Temple
Seven shrines and a wall of lingams.
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Salim Ali National Park
A small park on the Dal shore named for the ornithologist, now largely closed.
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Satsar
Seven lakes joined together on the Kashmir great lakes trek, under Gangabal.
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Shankaragaurishvara Temple, Pattan
A ninth century Kashmiri temple with a peaked roof and a colonnade, roofless now.
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Sheshnag Lake
A green lake on the Amarnath yatra route, named for the serpent said to live in it.
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Shiv Khori
A cave shrine you enter on your knees.
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Tulian Lake
A lake above Pahalgam, frozen most of the year, at the foot of the Zanskar range.
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Tulip Garden
Asia's largest tulip garden, open for three weeks.
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Yusmarg
Pine, meadow and the Doodh Ganga.
Collecting in Jammu & Kashmir
What are the best places to visit in Jammu & Kashmir?
LOQAH lists 57 places in Jammu & Kashmir. The best known include Akhnoor Fort, Avantiswami Temple, Martand Sun Temple, Pari Mahal and Shankaracharya Temple. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Jammu & Kashmir?
57, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Jammu & Kashmir?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Jammu & Kashmir before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Jammu & Kashmir and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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