SAMBA TIMES : Neglected Tourism 1: Dev Nagri Garh Samotha

Sunday, May 17, 2020

Neglected Tourism 1: Dev Nagri Garh Samotha

As promised friends from today with the name of Lord Ganesha, I'll show u the first of the Series of neglected tourism which might be the tourist places & can attract hundreds of visitors /tourists or u may be the source of revenue for the Govt of JKUT especially for distt Samba & may be the bread & butter earners for hundreds of people... As it is first of one so I'll start also with Religious Tourism

There is no one in Samba Distt or even in Jammu region or neighbouring states who does not know the name of Baba Shivo or Baba Goran which is in the Sumb belt of distt Samba only 26 kms from distt head quarters. People from all walks of life are used to visit this place. Here they feel spiritual bliss get all they want. But there are two more important places in that area also which r out of reach of the devotees due to poor road connectivity & lack of information about them. They are in the Village Samotha which is also called Dev Nagri Garh Samotha & are the birthplace of Baba Shivo where Baba ji was it's birth at the home of Baba Ladha ji & Mata Kali ji.

& 2ndplace is Baba Ji Ka Danga where Baba ji was martyred.

Village Samotha is near about 5kms from Main stop Goran & is behind the hills so the people/devotees have to cross that hills for reaching there.As there is no road Connectivity, it is very tough on foot to go there. Although there is rough road made by cutting the hillock & a sumo driver is there also who ferries persons after one hour break but it is very dangerous. So people r not able to visit there. Now a Charri Yatra is also started here from last two years from Dev Sthan Goran to Baba Shivo Nagri Garh Samotha & I'm happy that I'm also a part of it. Dev Sthan Samotha birthplace of Baba Shivo ji has same look as that of Baba Shivo dev Sthan Goran but no development. Even a shed is not there for the devotees & a broken she'd is indeed there for cooking purpose

Baba Ji ka Danga

The place where Baba ji martyred is in the way & at the top of the hillock & called Baba ji Ka Danga, now a temple is also constructed there.Legend say that at this

revered place, which is situated between Gauran and Smotha,it is said that Baba Ji used to walk from Samotha to Jammu to work everyday, on this way Baba Ji used to play his dhutara (musical instrument).

Des Raj Sharma President Jai Baba Shivo Shrine Development committee says he has constructed this temple on his own cost as on repeated requests, no development is here. So by way of my this blog I request the administration to pay heed to these places so that Samba Distt may also be on the tourist map of India & it is my request to all the devotees /nature lovers to visit this place