Jalandhar Tourism, Punjab India
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Jalandhar Fast Facts
- State: Punjab
- District: Jalandhar
- Famous for/as: Heritage,Pilgrimage
- Population: 903,491
- Area: 3,401 km2
- Altitude: 221 m
- Language: Punjabi, Hindi
- Best Season: Oct - Mar
- Weather: Summer 22-40°C, Winter 10-33°C
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- Pincode: 144001
- STDCode: 0181
Jalandhar Info
Punjab Tourist Information Office, Amritsar.
Youth Hostel,
Amritsar.
Tel No: 91-183-2231452, 91-183-2231452. Punjab Tourist Information Centre
Punjab Archive Bhawan,
Plot No 3, Sector 38 A,
Chandigarh.
Tel: 91-172-4663140,
Jalandhar, India Overview
Jalandhar is a city in the north-western Indian state of Punjab.
Jalandhar is the oldest city in Punjab. In recent years it has seen rapid urbanisation and developed into a highly industrialised centre of commercial activity. Situated on the Grand Trunk Road, it is a major rail and road junction, and is 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh. The city was known as Prasthala in the time of the Mahabharta and as Jullundur in British India.
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Jalandhar, India History
Jalandhar and Multan are the oldest surviving cities of the Punjab region, with historical references as far back as A.D. 100. The Jalandhar Doab (the region surrounding the city between the Beas and Sutlej rivers) also marked the easternmost territory of the empire of Alexander the Great. He erected giant altars in this area to mark the eastern most extent of his empire and also founded a city named Alexandria in the vicinity and left many Macedonian veterans there.Now it is known as jalandhar.Jalandhara was the king of the asuras although he was a good king . He himself was not an asura but was born out of the union of the lightning from Shiva’s third eye and the Ocean. In one story, he accuses Shiva of hypocrisy, pointing out that Shiva claims to be an ascetic but keeps a wife, Parvati. Jalandhara proposes that Shiva hand over Parvati to him: "How can you live on alms and yet keep the beautiful Parvati ? Give her to me, and wander from house to house with your alms bowl. You have fallen from your vow. . . .You are a yogi ;what need have you for the gem of wives? You live in the woods attended by goblins and ghosts; being a naked yogi, you should give your wife to one who will appreciate her better than you do."[1] Upon hearing these insults Shiva becomes so angry that a fearsome creature (Kīrttimukha) sprang from his brow and nearly killed Rahu, the messenger who had delivered the demand. Jalandhara had a wife of remarkable piety named Vrinda (in some versions Tulasi). So pious is she that Jalandhara's misdeeds go unpunished under the protection of her virtue. Eventually Vishnu shatters Vrinda's chastity; a path is thereby opened to the punishment of Jalandhara, who is killed by Lord Shiva. To comfort Vrinda in her grief and despair, Vishnu promises her that a beautiful plant will grow from her grave, and that its wood would be used to make a garland (tulasi mala) for his neck. Either way, the tulasi plant today is highly valued for its medicinal properties, and it is associated with the festival of Uttana Dwadashi.