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| {{Short description|Hindu shrine in the town of Khrew in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.}}
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| | native_name = जवाला जी मन्दिर
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| | image = File:Khrew.jpg
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| | caption = Jwala Ji Mandir
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| | map_type = India Jammu and Kashmir
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| | map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir
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| | coordinates = {{Coord|34|01|18.2|N|74|59|41.6|E|type:landmark_region:IN_scale:100|display=inline,title}}
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| | coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{cite book |last1=India |first1=Geological Survey of |title=Records of the Geological Survey of India |date=1962 |publisher=[[Geological Survey of India]] |page=80 |language=English |quote=Towards N. 65° E. of Jwalamukhi temple at Khrew ( 34°01': 75°00'; 43 J / 16 ) also, there are outcrops of limestone with CaO, 49 per cent.}}</ref>
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| | location = [[Khrew]]
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| | deity = [[Jwala Ji]]
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| | tradition = [[Kashmir Shaivism]]
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| | festival= Jwala Mukhi Mela
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| | district = [[Pulwama]]
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| | state = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
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| | country = [[India]]
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| | elevation_m = 1607 | |
| | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="Bhat2014">{{cite web |last1=Bhat |first1=Chander M. |title=The Shrine of Jawalaji Khrew |url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/shrine-jawalaji-khrew/ |publisher=[[Daily Excelsior]] |accessdate=10 November 2020 |language=English |date=6 December 2014}}</ref>
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| '''Jwala Ji Temple''' ({{lang-ks|जवाला जी मन्दिर}} <small>([[Devanagari]])</small>) or '''Jwalamukhi Temple''' ({{lang-ks|ज्वालामुखी मन्दिर}} <small>([[Devanagari]])</small>) is Hindu shrine in the town of [[Khrew]] in the [[Pulwama district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kashmiri Pandits Demand Rebuilding of Jawala Ji Temple |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/kashmiri-pandits-demand-rebuilding-of-jawala-ji-temple/872710 |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |language=English |date=15 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Khan2020">{{cite web |last1=Khan |first1=M Aamir x |title=Gutted last year, temple comes alive with rush of devotees |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/j-k/gutted-last-year-temple-comes-alive-with-rush-of-devotees-113371 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |accessdate=10 November 2020 |language=English |date=30 July 2020}}</ref>
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| The temple is dedicated to the deity [[Jwala Ji]], the [[Iṣṭa-devatā (Hinduism)|Isht Devi]] of many [[Kashmiri Hindu]] families.<ref name="Bhat2014"/>
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| Every year on 16 July, the Jwalamukhi Fair is held at the mandir; it exemplifies communal harmony common to the tradition of [[Kashmiriyat]], with both Kashmiri Hindus and Kashmiri Muslim celebrating the festival.<ref name="Sajnani2001">{{cite book |last1=Sajnani |first1=Manohar |title=Encyclopaedia of Tourism Resources in India |date=2001 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-7835-017-2 |page=163 |language=English |quote=An important festival is Jwalamukhi fair which is held in village Khrew near Pulwama. The temple is situated on top of a small hillock and is known as Jwalamukhi. The festival falls on or about 16th July and is celebrated by Hindus as well as Muslims. About 250 to 300 stalls are set up by Muslim peasants for the sale of different kinds of commodities. Confectionary shops and such other stalls in which earthen trays with ghee and a cotton wick are available for sale are run by Hindu shopkeepers.}}</ref>
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| ==History==
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| The historian [[Kalhana]] refers to the village "[[Khrew]]" in the ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' as "Khaduvi" and writes of three hundred and sixty freshwater springs being present there.<ref name="Bhat2014"/> According to Kalhana, at the hillside to the east of the village, a mystical diagram was drawn on a rock.<ref name="Bhat2014"/>
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| ==Holy Spring==
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| At the base of the hill, the shrine has a [[holy spring]] locally called ''Bod Nag'', ''Aneek Nag'', ''Anu Nag'', or ''Nagabal''.<ref name="Bhat2014"/> It is customary for pilgrims to perform [[Ritual purification|ablution]]s with the water of the holy spring before entering the temple.<ref name="Bhat2014"/><ref name="Fotedar1976">{{cite book |last1=Fotedar |first1=S. N. |title=Bhagawan Gopinath Ji of Kashmir: A Biographical Study |date=1976 |publisher=Bhagwan Gopinath Ji Trust |page=17 |language=English|quote=Jwala Mukhi Shrine at Khrew. The Shrine is situated 16 miles south - east of Srinagar with a spring where people bathe, and a temple on a hillock.}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| {{Portal|Hinduism}}
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| *[[Jwala Ji]]
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| ==References==
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| {{Hinduism-stub}}
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| {{Kashmir Valley}}
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| {{Jammu and Kashmir topics}}
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| [[Category:Hindu temples in Jammu and Kashmir]]
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| [[Category:Pulwama district]]
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