Patnitop or
Patni Top, is a hill top tourist location in Udhampur district, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, on the National Highway 1A, on the way from Udhampur to Srinagar, 112 km from Jammu. Situated on a plateau in the Shiwalik belt of the Himalayas, Patnitop sits at an altitude of 2024 metres. The river Chenab flows in close proximity to this location.
Origin of the name 'Patnitop' is a distortion of the original name of
Patan Da Talab
meaning "Pond of the Princess". In olden times a pond existed in the
meadows and the kings princess often used to have her bath there. Part
of the pond still exists near the youth hostel. It may be that the
British had difficulties recording an English spelling of an Indian name
correctly in their revenue records. Over the years the name changed
from "Patan Da Talab" to Patnitop.
Patnitop
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