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said to have worshipped there. To bathe in it on the spota where that hero destroyed the Ksha8 sacred day parab) is equivalent to a pilgrimage triyas. The legend in the Mahabharata goes to Badri Nath. Wasbing in the Abani Dhara that Parnsariima killed Sahasra BahQ (thousand. Tirtha, alno an extremely ancient tank, cleanses armed) with all his sons and aéma, army,' and from sin il performed on a Thursday.
filled five Kunds with blood, bathed himself in
them and offered til-anjalt to his deceased father, In Sarhvat 1903 RAJA Sarap Singh built the Raj Jamadagni, saying. It is the blood of those who Rájéóvart or Lord of the State Temple at Jind. killed you and took away your kamadhan cow.' The fair is held on the 1st to the 9th of Obait Then Parasarima took up his axe, and began and Abauj sudi.
slaughtering Kshatriyas, while the San Hitha is
midway between it and Saraj Kund. (12) At Barah-ban is a temple to Grah1 Dévt, who was a yakshant, of Graba Rishi. A fair is held on the 7th and 8th of Chait and Asauj sudi. People bathe in these tanks on the 15th sudi of It is believed to avert sins.
KArtik and Baisakh, after which they worship in
the temple which contains images of Paraluráma This village also contains a very old tank called and his parents Jamadagni and Rambúka, feed the Kirt Sauch or place of hand-wasbing, Bråbmans and give alms to the poor. Also at called because Narasimba, the lion incarnation of the eclipse of the sun they bathe in the San Hitha Vishņu, killed the daitya or demon Hiranyáksha tank and at the eclipse of the moon in the R&m at this spot and washed his hands and feet in it. Hrid, by doing so they believe that they will It is beneficial to bathe in it on a parab, and to reach Svarga (paradise). do so is equivalent to performing a pundrf vajna.
(ii) The temple of Kapila Yaksha is in the
south-west of Râm Rai. The Yaksha was a doorHere, too, is an ancient tank called the Pun. punya, so called because Narasitha washed bis
keeper of the Kurukshetra. The temple is wor. hands in it a second time after killing Hiran
shipped on the same days, and is in the charge of yaksha. Bathing in it is as efficacions as bathing
a Kanphata Jogi. in the Kirt Sauch, while it also makes the bather more prudent.
. (ii) The temple of Anokhall Mekhala Devi,
who was the yakshani of Kapila Yaksha, is in the (18) At Ikas, which is 25 miles off Safidon in
charge of a Gaur Brahman. A fair is held on the south-west direction, is the Hamsa, or swan
the same days. tank, also called the Dhundd or 'seeking,' because here Kșishna, after escaping from the Gopis, concealed himself in the guise of a Swan (Hamsa (16) At Pobkar Khéri, which is 29 miles southis a symbol for soul), while they sought him in west of Safidon, in the south-west of the village is the same shape. It is customary to bathe in it I a tank of Pushkarit. with a temple of Mahadh on a Sunday in Sawan, or on any parab. Bathing The name Pohkar is from Pushkara, meaning in it is believed to equal in merit a gift (punya) great purifier." It is related that Parasurama of 1,000 cows.
collected all the faktis (powers) of gode and
influences of all the Tirthas. (14) Ram Rai, which is at a distance of 28 miles in the south-west direction, is also a village of peculiar sanctity.
Here Brahma, Vishņu and Mabesa worshipped,
and there is a special worship of Mabadeva on the It contains :
13th and 14th badi of Phaigua and Sawan, while
bathing here on 15th sudi of Kartik or Baisakh (i) A temple to Parasurama, adjoining which (each a súraj-parab, or day sacred to the sun) is are the Råm Hrid, Suraj Kund and San Hitha equivalent to performing an advamedka or horseThe Ram Hrid or Temple of Paraía Rama marks sacrifice.
2 Barkh-ban is 24 miles sonth-west of Safidou.
* Rem Hşid is a place where Parasurams was pleased to the heart, Råm standing for Parasurama, and his meaning heart.
