Raghunath Temple

Raghunath Temple
Raghunath Mandir
Raghunath Temple complex
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Jammu district
Deity	Rama
Location
Location	Jammu
State	Jammu and Kashmir
Country	India
Location in Jammu Show map of Jammu and Kashmir Raghunath Temple (India) Show map of India
Geographic coordinates	32°43′49″N 74°51′44″E / 32.730401°N 74.862325°E / 32.730401; 74.862325
Architecture
Creator	Maharaja Gulab Singh and Maharaja Ranbir Singh
Completed	1851–1857
Specifications
Temple(s)	7
Monument(s)	7
Elevation	350 m (1,148 ft)
Website
jammu.nic.in/tourist-place/raghunath-temple-jammu/

Raghunath Temple is a Hindu temple located in Jammu in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It consists of a complex of seven Hindu shrines. Raghunath Temple was constructed by the first Dogra ruler Maharaja Gulab Singh in the year 1835 and later his son Maharaja Ranbir Singh got it completed in the year 1860 During Dogra rule.^[1] The temple has many gods in its complex of shrines, but the presiding deity is Rama – also known as Raghunath, an Avatar of Vishnu.

All the spiral-shaped towers have gold plated spires. The niches in the walls of the shrines are decorated with 300 well-crafted icons of gods and goddesses including those of Surya and Shiva, but most are particularly related to the life stories of Rama and Krishna. The paintings in the 15 panels of the main shrine are based on themes from Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavad Gita. The temple premises include a school and a library that preserves over 6,000 manuscripts in many Indian languages, with a notable collection of Sarada script Sanskrit manuscripts.

The temple witnessed two terrorist attacks in the year 2002, when militants attacked it in March and November, with grenades and indulged in indiscriminate firing which resulted in the death of 20 devotees and also in injuries to over 40 people.^[2]