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Jammu : The City of Cultures

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          Culture & Major Tribes of Jammu The city of Jammu is a known for its multiculturalism and has developed   rapidly  with a remarkable progress. The people of Jammu are known for their simplicity and are of heart warming nature. The m ajor languages spoken in Jammu are Dogri, Poonchi, Gojri, Kotli, Mirpuri, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu, however, with the onset of the tourism in the city of Jammu, the language of English is making a strong foothold and due to the presence of various temples in and around the city, the region of Jammu has the flavour of religiousness and spirituality in abundance. Some major tribes of Jammu are :                        Dogras   :-          The Dogra Tribes are known for their heroic personality and fabulous martial art superiority. This tribe hold a major slab of the population in the city of Jammu. The Dogra Rajputs ruled Jammu from the 19th Century and through the  treaty of Amritsar, they have also acquired the area of Kashmir. The Dogra Regi

Jammu and Kashmir @ The UT

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          INTRODUCTION              The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir is a place where several valleys are situated like the Kashmir Valley,  the Chenab Valley , the Sindh Valley   and  the Lidder Valley . The UT has some attractive tourist places also, like Srinagar, Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Mughal Gardens, Jammu and Patnitop.   The Kashmir Valley is one of the most attractive destination of India and thousands of Hindu pilgrims   visit Vaishno Devi   and Amarnath  Temple  which had its own significant impact on the culture and economy of the Country as well as the UT. T he primary methods of transport in Jammu and Kashmir are by road and air. It has access to the rest of India through the Banihal  R oad Tunnel near Qazigund   on National Highway NH 44 .  Jammu and Kashmir has 2 civil airports. The Jammu Airport   and the Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport in Srinagar. They receive direct flights from New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.        Further, while we look at the  climat