RAMBAN BRIDGE IN THE DOGRA FOLKLORE

                                          

RAMBAN BRIDGE  IN THE  DOGRA  FOLKLORE..

Maharaja Ghulab Singh consolidated the areas of Jammu and Kashmir through roads and bridges. It is he who built the first wooden cart bridge over River Chenab in Ramban and linked Jammu with Kashmir. The bridge uplifted the status of Ramban which at the moment is a district from a mere 15 households. The bridge brought unimaginable happiness and development in the area and the subsequent Dogra rulers used this route to go to the Kashmir valley. The construction of the bridge entered Dogra folklore. The Dogra rulers built another bridge at Lakhanpur over River Ravi linking the State of Jammu And Kashmir with Punjab. 

Ramban  pul baneya 

 Baneya vaaj garariya

Teri meri preet lagiye, 

lagiye vaaj rawariya

Taare tudaan peiyaan

kandiyaan peiyaan barsaala

( Avtar Mota )

PS

Taare ( dhaare)  tudaan peiyaan

Kandian peyiyaan barsaala..."

The mountain tops had a snowfall 

and the Kandi area had rains)

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