The Jammu Region

The Jammu Region, which is one of the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir state (the other two being the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh), is bounded on the North by the Pir Panjal Range of the middle Himalayas, in the south by Punjab, to the East by Ladakh and close to the West in Pakistan. The lower Himalayan ranges begin suddenly behind the town of Jammu, which is placed on a slope of over 1300 feet above sea level, overlooking and commanding the plain watered by the Chenab, Ravi, Tawi and Ujh rivers. The Jammu region consists of ten districts: Jammu, Kathua, Udhampur, Doda, Poonch, Kishtwar, Reasi,samba, ramban and Rajouri.The city of Jammu is the winter capital of the state(the summer capital being Srinagar, in the Kashmir Valley). The Dogras traditionally inhabited the area between the slopes of Shivalak range of mountains, the sacred lakes of Saroien sar and Mannsar. Saroieen sar is located at 30 km to the west of Jammu. Dogras are believed to be of Rajput origin migrating many centuries ago from Rajputana (now called Rajestan) to the hilly areas of Jammu. They speak the Dogri language and the majority are followers of Hinduism. However, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, few Dogras embraced Sikhism while Muslim invaders forcibly converted few to Islam and hence moved out of Hindu religion

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