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Mansar Lake is situated on
the Samba - Udhampur Road at a distance of twenty two kms
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 kms 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 kms from Purmandal |