1 MtmdUMi in Chmnba.
2 183
3 The two brothers looted a cow, called Gogo, which belonged to
4 Brahma, and tins led to their fight with Guga. In Guga's temple
5 (maMn) at Sultinpur, which belongs to ChamSrs, Guga and his water
6 Tribal are mounted on horses and Gogri on a mare while Ndr Singli,
7 Kaila Bir and Gorakhn&th are on foot.
8 Tats cult op Mundlikh.
9 The deified hero of the Mundlfkh cult in Chamba is doubtless
10 the valiant Rajput champion, Guga, Chauhdn? who lived at Garb
11 Bandera, near Bindraban, in the time of Pirthvi Rtfj, the last,
12 Hindu King of Delhi, A. D. 1170 — 93. Guga is said to have fought
13 many battles with the Muhammadans, and in the last his head was
14 severed from his body, heuce the name Mundlikh from munda head, and
15 l m a line. He is said to have continued fighting without the head,
16 and by some to have disappeared in the ground, only the point of his
17 spear remaining visible. The legend is sung to the accompaniment of
18 music by the hill bards, and with such pathos that their audiences are
19 often moved to tears. Mundlfkh's death is, supposed to have taken place
20 on the ninth day of the dark half of the moon iu Bhidon, and from that
21 date for eight days his shrada, called Guggnaih, is yearly observed at his
22 shrines. He is represented by a stone figure of a man on horseback,
23 accompanied by similar figures of his sister Guggari, a deified heroine,
24 his teazle, Kailu, and others. The rites of worship are muoh the same
25 as at Devi temples.
26 Mundlikh has a mandar at Garb in par q ana Tfsa, another at Pale-
27 war in Sahu, and Gugga Mundlfkh-Siddha has one at Shalu in Himgari.
28 The temples are of wood and stone.
29 The images are of stone, but vary in size and number, that at Garb
30 being about a foot high, and that of Palewar containing four idols
31 mounted on horseback, while at Shalu, Gugga Mundlfkh is represented
32 by the statue of a body of twelve. There are no incumbents at Garh,
33 but at Palewar the chela and pujara are weavers, in whose families the
34 offices are hereditary. Guga’s chela and pujdra are Chamars, and
35 their offices are also hereditary. The Mundlikh of Garh goes on tour
36 for sight days after the Janam Ashtami in Bhadon. He of Palewar
37 goes on tour for three days after, and Giiga's chain and umbrella
38 (chhatar) are paraded through the villages for the eight days after the
39 janam Ashtami.
40 Ran& Mundlfkh, otherwise called Guga Chauhan, was a RAjput,
41 Chief whose kingdom called Garh Dadner is said to have been near
42 Bindraban. His father's name was Devi Chand and his mother's
43 Bachila. His parents had been married a good many years, but no
44 son had been born to them, and this was a cause of grief, especially to
45 the wife. One day while using the looking glass Bachila noticed that
46 her hair was becoming grey, and overcome with sadness she burst into
47 toars. Her husband coming in at the moment asked her the reason of
48 her grief, and she told him that all hope of offspring had died out iu
49 1 Vide Archaeological Survey Reports, Vol. xiv, pp. 81-Si, and xvii, p. 169. Jay a
50 Chandra, the last Rdjd of Kanaiyj, was also called Mundlikh by the Ck&uhrin bards. He
51 fell in battle with the Muhammadans, A. D. 1194. Vide also lyangfa Gazetteer, p. 102.