Peer Kho

PEER KHO

Overlooking the Tawi River, the Peer Khoh cave temple is another well-known Shiva temple in Jammu. Igneous rocks and acacia forests serve as the backdrop to this Cave Temple. Even though there are several popular legends that are linked to the temple, the antiquity of the Peer Kho Temple cannot yet be dated with certainty. Some consider it to be the oldest historic place in the Shivalik Region. The story even goes that Jamvant, the bear God from the famous epic Ramayana meditated in this temple. This is why it is also known as the Jamvant Cave. It is widely accepted that a Shiva Lingam was formed naturally in the cave and the people of Jammu started worshipping it ardently with a lot of reverence. Another interesting part is that there are some who even believe that the cave does not just lead to other caves but to parts outside the country.

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