Saturday, April 13, 2013

Tosham to be soon centre of tourist interest

 by Haryananewswire
Chandigarh, April 13
The historic town of Tosham will soon emerge as a centre of tourist interest as the Archaeology Department has initiated the process to bring out a booklet on its history and a photo gallery would also be set up there for the tourists.
          While stating this today, an official spokesman said that the Joint Director, Archaeology, Hisar, Dr Rajesh Kumar Srivastava today led a team to the sacred ponds and places of historical importance adjacent to Baba Mungipa Dham in Tosham and gathered valuable information. During the inspection of the site, the team found a rough sketch made on a stone, which indicated the life of the ones royal families which might be living there. Such a painting has not been found in the area around this place.
          He said that Tosham is considered as a sacred place associated with Baba Mungipa. He said that it is believed that there used to be a religious lady namely Chandrawal who meditated and became popular as Baba Mungipa. There is a  temple where she is believed to have  meditated. The sacred ponds namely Giyarsia Kund, Kukkut Kund, Surya Kund, Indra Kund, Panchtirath Kund and Pari Kund attract the people. It is also believed that during their exile, the Pandavas stayed there for 13 days. Some women, who become widow, take bath in the sacred ponds and wear used clothes. There is also a place known as ‘Bardari’ which has 12 doors thus indicating that it was being used by a King.

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