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Jwalamukhi
Jawala ji Jawalaji | |
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town | |
 Sri Jwalamukhi Devi Temple | |
| Nickname: Jwala Ji | |
  Jwalamukhi Location in Himachal Pradesh, India  Jwalamukhi Jwalamukhi (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31°52′32″N 76°19′28″E / 31.8756100°N 76.3243500°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Himachal Pradesh |
| District | Kangra |
| Elevation | 557.66 m (1,829.59 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,361 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | HP 83 |
Jawalamukhi, or Jwalamukhi also Jawalaji, is a temple town and a nagar parishad in Kangra district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Hindu genealogy registers are kept here like that of Haridwar. The town takes its name from the holy Jwalamukhi Temple, located in Jawalamukhi.[1] Firuz Shah Tughlaq during his campaign of Nagarkot destroyed the temple and desecrated its main deity. He stole 1300 Sanskrit Manuscripts from this temple's library that was later translated into Persian language, becoming the first Sultanate administration to do such translation.
- ^ "Jawalamukhi is a Shakit peetha temple himachal pradesh". Newstriger. 28 October 2017.