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Cultural Heritage in Azad Jammu and Kashmir
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Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Cultural Heritage in Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Craft towns, living traditions, and indigenous culture
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Ali Baig Gurdwara
The ruins of the Sikh gurdwara that gave Ali Baig village, in Bhimber, its old name of Kirtan Ghar.
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Baral Fort, Palandri
A square Dogra fort of 1837–39 with octagonal corner towers, on a hillock near Palandri.
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Karjai Fort
A hill fort near Khuiratta in Kotli District, also known as Karjai na Qila or Devigarh.
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Ranbir Singh Baradari, Domel
A Dogra-era pavilion of 1885 at Domel, Muzaffarabad, where the Neelum meets the Jhelum.
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Rani Baoli
A Dogra-period stepwell of dressed stone with rooms and baths, on the edge of Palandri.
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Saraa-e-Akbari (Black Fort), Muzaffarabad
A Mughal sarai above the Neelum in Muzaffarabad, built by Ali Mardan Khan and now called the Black Fort.
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Saraa-e-Saadabad
A Mughal caravan sarai in Bhimber on the old route from Lahore to Kashmir over the Pir Panjal.
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Keran & Upper Neelum
Riverside villages along the Neelum, where the valley narrows to a green corridor facing the far bank across the water.
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Leepa Valley
Terraced rice fields, wooden Kashmiri houses, and pine ridges in one of Azad Jammu and Kashmir's most picturesque valleys, open in the warmer months only.
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Muzaffarabad
The capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, at the confluence of the Neelum and Jhelum rivers, and the gateway to both the Neelum and Jhelum valleys.
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Sharda
The Neelum Valley's largest town, framed by snow peaks, and home to the ancient Sharda Peeth university ruins, once one of South Asia's great centres of learning.
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Taobat
The last village of the Neelum Valley at 7,500 ft, wooden houses and meadows where the Kishenganga River enters Pakistan and becomes the Neelum.
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Red Fort (Muzaffarabad Fort)
A 16th-century fort above the Neelum River in Muzaffarabad, its red sandstone ramparts overlooking the city and the river gorge below.
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Neela Butt
A high viewpoint around 2,000m above Dheer Kot, combining forest scenery with an important place in AJK's history as the site of a gathering held on 23 August 1947.
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Pallandri
A compact hill town at about 1,372m and the administrative centre of Sudhnuti District, surrounded by green ridges above the Azad Pattan corridor.
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Kotli
A lively hill town on the Poonch River system and the natural base for Tattapani, Teenda, Sehnsa, and the valleys of southern Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
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Khoiratta & Banah Valley
A green valley landscape in eastern Kotli District where springs, wooded hills, and village roads lead into Banah Valley, with documented rock-cut caves nearby.
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Ramkot Fort
A 16th-17th-century hill fort surrounded on three sides by the waters of Mangla reservoir, associated with Kashmir's Muslim and later Sikh rulers, reached most memorably by boat.
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Baghsar Lake & Fort
A small mountain lake at about 975m in Samahni Valley, watched over by a historic stone fort linked to Afghan, Sikh, and Dogra rule, and local tradition of Emperor Jahangir's final journey.
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Throchi Fort
Throchi Fort above Gulpur in Kotli, Azad Kashmir: a limestone hill fort that follows the rock it stands on, with rock-cut water tanks at its centre.
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Bhrund Fort
Bhrund Fort near Sehnsa, Kotli: a small watchtower fort on a 15–20 m rock pinnacle, in a green valley with medieval temples nearby.
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Kundal Shahi
Kundal Shahi in the Neelum Valley, 74 km from Muzaffarabad, where the Jagran stream meets the Neelum — home of the rare Kundal Shahi language.
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