PINGLA MATA



Pingla Mata is situated at a small hillock in village pinger in Ramnagar Tensil , about 20 Kms from Udhampur on Udhampur- ramnagar Road and has been gaining popularity since few years. The holy shrine is about 6 kms from away from the village Kogha on the Domail- Ramnagar Road and is linked with the track . The shrine consistes of small cave where the devine power appears in the shape of Pindies.

The cave of Pingla Mata seems a small hole from outside , but it has good space inside as to accommodate up to 10-15 people at a time.
Though the foot journey , yet it does not tire the devotees because of scenic beauty throughout the Track.The entire track consists of lush green pine trees which inspire the devotees to move on. As per the popular legend, some shephards of Pinger village used to come to this jungle for grazing their cattle. A girl used to provide them food everyday but had warned them that this must not be disclosed to anyone. As such they never felt the necessity to take meals at home. Their parents were worried as to why they do not take meal at home.One day villagers followed their children and watched them in the jungle. They saw girl serving food to the shephards and then disappeared in a nearby cave. Another legend narrates that some hunters came to this jungle for hunting and they saw lion entering the cave.They collected some firewood and burnt it at the entrance of the cave.But within no time the hunters were astonished to see that the lion came out of thecave after piercing the big rock.
Then they entered the cave and saw Diety there.


Light can be seen coming from this narrow hole in the cave from where the lion had gone out.

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Overview

Nai Basti Gulabgarh village came into existence after partition of the country. Hindu population of Gulbgarh migrated to the present location which was named as Nai Basti Gulabgarh by the community that migrated to Indian side.

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