Bhadarwah Quest reaches Padri, welcomed by tourism officials

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JAMMU: Bhaderwah Quest 2021 riders on Saturday reached Padri where they were warmly received by locals and officials of Bhadarwah Development Authority (BDA). In an effort to promote adventure tourism and bring the hidden beauty of Himalayas to the world especially in Doda district, the car rally is seen an encouraging event in Jammu & Kashmir.
A group of 18 expert expeditions covered Doda district and places like Gurdanda top, Padri top, and other remote places during the expedition. The expedition are driving 4×4 vehicles on difficult terrains to explore the beautiful but lesser-known tourist places in Bhaderwah. A tehsil and town of Doda district, Bhaderwah’s potential has not been exploited fully and remained least advertised places in the promotional activities of the Tourism Department of Jammu and Kashmir. Bhaderwah is also known as Nagon ki Bhoomi, (land of snakes) finds mention in Rajtarangni, ancient chronicle of Kings is undoubtedly a place to see.
“It was a great experience to drive though the mountain roads. There is a breath-taking beauty of the area. There is a need to explore and promote these areas further”, said one of the participants in the rally. The expedition is being organized by Nirvana Squad & Azlan Racing in association with the Department of Tourism, JKP, Polaris India,& AM TATA {AM Group}.
Prashant Khajuria, Akshay Bhardwaj, Jaskanwar Syal, Anuj Sharma, Abhi Sadhotra, Pranav Gupta, Bhavya Gupta, Rajat Jandyal, Rooman Shaukat, Vivek Choudhary, Antriksh Jamwal, Mayank Joshi, Shrishti Mehta, Siddhant Verma, Rohan Shahi.