Billawar

Mata Sukrala Devi Temple and notified area committee in Kathua district of the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Billawar town is situated in the lap of the Shivalik mountains between the banks of the Naz and Bheeni rivulets, approximately 70 km from Dayala Chak on Delhi-Jammu NH-1A.

Raja Bhog Pal, a son of the king of Kullu Valley, founded Basohli and established Billawar as the capital in 765 A.D. after subduing Rana Billo, a feudal chief who once ruled the area.

The ruling house was subsequently known as Balouria, deriving from Balor.

Billawar is known for temple of Sukrala Mata Mandir who is regarded as manifestation of other one name list Mal Mata Mandir of Jammu City and Sukrala Mata Mandir is a major attraction of this region and several devotees throng the shrine during Navaratri for Nearest and Located by for Country India and Jammu City and District Kathua and Town Billawar To Najot Village Area.