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2 History in the Kdngra i^mples.
3 Name of god.
4 Thakup Guptusliar’s
5 mandir in Khad Ma»
6 mini in Ganhara. Owes
7 its origin to the same
8 Gosdm.
9 Tii’ti to Rai Singh of
10 Chamba who fell in
11 battle against R. Par-
12 kash Gbaud of Goler
13 and Sansar Chand
14 Katocb in S. 1850.
15 Mandir Bawa Janti Das
16 in Matiir. Pounded
17 in Sikh times.
18 Site of temple.
19 Date of fair.
20 Images, etc.
21 1
22 ...
23 ...
24 1 "rfie atone image lies
25 1 under a large slab of
26 stone and is 4 liuirers
27 ' high
28 Brahman, qot
29 Hdr 6th. Tlie tern-
30 Rice in the morning and
31 ' ipat, cotar
32 pie contains an
33 bread in the evening
34 Bashist.
35 idol of Mabadev
36 Bameshar.
37 is offered as hhog ; soak-
38 ed pram or fruit is also
39 used in w'orship. It is
40 said wliile the Raja
41 was dying, he smeared
42 his hard with his own
43 blood and marked it on
44 a stone, over which a
45 smaller temple was rais-
46 ed. Here lamps are lit
47 on the fair day.
48 Khatri
49 Har 1st
50 Worship is perl'ornied
51 morning and evening,
52 but a hhog of haltoa is
53 offered only cnce a
54 year, at the festival.
55 Connected with this is
56 the same Bawa’s shrme
57 at Nandpur at whiclj a
58 fair is held simullaue*
59 ou>ly.
60 Mandir Apsara Kund.^
61 Hindu women mostl/
62 frequent this temple
63 and offer fresh grain
64 during Phagan, Chet,
65 Baisakh, Jeth and
66 Har. It is also fre-
67 quented by people of
68 the neighbouring
69 towns, who often bathe
70 in the Tcund or spring,
71 which is fed by the
72 Gupt Ganga with water
73 from the Ban Ganga.
74 Brahman, caste
75 Hiilar, not Ko-
76 diua.
77 The temple contains a
78 stone image of Apsra,
79 the fairy, 1^ cubits
80 high. By its side is a
81 pirdi. .
82 At the mandir of Ajia Pal in Teri no fair is held. Ajia Pal was
83 a Raja of Ajmer, who was adored by the people of this place. In his
84 lifetime he enshrined a small imag’e which was eventually worshipped
85 as the Rajd himself. The temple has existed for 400 years, hut the
86 old building was replaced by one of masonry under Sikhu Brahman
87 some 60 years ago. It contains a conical stone 2 spans high called Ajia
88 Pal,
89 In conclusion, attention may be called to the side lights often cast
90 on history by the legends and occasionally by the records of these
91 temples. Thus the story of 11 dab Devfs temple at Bhagwara is that
92 ^ The mandir oi Shah Madar is connected with it and all offerings made by Muham-
93 madan women bathing in the Tcund are taken by the Muhammadan jaqirs who are the
94 guardians of the shrine.