my pehowa is a chain of temples

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PEHOWA: AS A BRAND

One of the most sacred place among the "Hindus", the "Pehowa" lies at a distance of 27 kilometer from "Thanesar". The ancient town of Pehowa has a religious importance. The town of "Pehowa" was named after the famous King "Prithu". The historicity of the place coupled with its religious significance makes Pehowa one of the most sought after tourist destination.

INTRODUCTION

This site was called 'Prithudaka' in the epics of Mahabharat named after the King Prithu who prayed for the salvation of his fathers soul here. This site is where the tradition of Shraddha to fathers is offered. It is located 27 km west of Thanesar. The place boasts of existence from AD 882 but an inscription written on it states that it was actually built in AD 895. Legend has it that when the father of King Prithu was nearing his death, he wanted his son to fulfill just one wish of his. He wanted to breathe his last near the river Saraswati Prithudak.

HISTORY :

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Division Ambala District Kurukshetra Creation of Tehsil Pehowa1979 Adjoining Sub-DivisionsThanesar, Gulha, Kaithal, Samana

(Punjab)No. of Municipal Committees1 : (Pehowa) No. of Market Committees2 : (Pehowa, Ismailabad)Origion of

Name Pehowa Named after the Famous STD Code01741 Longitude

Latitude29.981777,76.580029Literacy Rate69%CHC1 : PehowaPHC3 : Pehowa, Sainasaidan, Thaskamiranji

BRIEF INTRODUCTION:

ACCORDING TO CENCUS OF 2011:

S.NO Total / Rural / Urban

No of Households

Persons Males Females

1 Total 32,521187,673 99,916

87,757

2 Rural 26,246154,109 82,004

72,105

3 Urban 6,27533,564 17,912 15,652

Teh | Sub-

Tehsil

No. of Villages

Total Area(Hect.)

Total Cultivable Area (Hect.)

Forest Area(Hect

Non-Cultivable Area (Including Forest)(Hect.)

Pehowa

81 46897 40393 1590 6504

Ismailabad

30 13572 12157 Nil 1415

Pehowa Sub-Division

111 60469 52550 1590 7919

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PEHOWA

Sarswati temple:

Pind dan

Many "Hindus" flock to the holy land of "Pehowa" to worship their death ancestors and offer "Pind Daan" in order to release the soul of the deceased from the cycle of birth and re- birth. One can experience death from a very close quarters in the holy land of "Pehowa", where most of the tourist come to pay their last religious offerings to their near and dear ones.

Saraswati temple:

Kartike

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Temple

Kartikeya Temple in Pehowa township of the North Indian state of Haryana is an ancient structure dating back to the 5th century B.C.Kartikeya is a popular Hindu deity in India and is worshiped across the length aThe Kushanas, who governed from what is today Peshawar, and the Yaudheyas, a republican clan in the Punjab, stuck coins bearing the image of Skanda. The deity was venerated also by the Ikshvakus, an Andhra dynasty, and the Guptas.[2]nd breadth of the country.

Kartikeya Temple

Prachi Tirtha Pehowa Kurukshetra Haryana

Prithudak TirthaGurudwara Shri Sheesh Mahal SahibBala sundri templeTownparkPehowa chowkBansi puri templePranhioArunaye

Brahamyoni Tirtha Pehowa

Arunai temple

The tiratha is located six kilometre away from Pehowa on Ambala Road or 31 kilometre from Krukshetra town. This is one of the important place of pilgrimages associated with the saints Vashishta and Vishwamittra. The place is also significant for being the meeting points of the rivers Saraswati and Aruna. Mahabharata and Vamana Puran vividly describe about the significance of this tirath. However, presently the tirath is not known for the story narrated in the epic and the purana. Rather it is famous for being a Shivaite centre called Sangameshwar Mahadev temple. Here lies a temple dedicated to Shiva or Sangmaeshwar Mahadev adjoining to a small tank. Thousands of pilgrims and devotees throng to the temple regularly. 

Arunai