Jasrota

 JASROTA, KATHUA DISTRICT, JAMMU AND KASHMIR

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A former region of royal power Jasrota was founded by the Raja Jas Dev of Jammu in the year 1019. Jasrota comprised 13 Parganas and 2 tehsils. He gave the responsibility just after the few periods of the whole region Jasrota to his uncle King Karan Dev. This place was transformed into a district during the reign of Gulab Singh who was the king of Jammu and Kashmir in 1846.

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The leaders of this Jasrota Region were called the Jasrotias or Jamwals. A former temple of Hindu Goddess Maha Kali is located on a hillock on the outskirts of the Jasrota region. Over the years, this Maha Kali temple has become one of the most popular pilgrimage centers in the Kathua District of Jammu and Kashmir.

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