Places to visit in Sirmour
Paonta Sahib
Paonta Sahib is a small beautiful town in the south of Sirmour district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It has an average elevation of 389 metres (1,276 feet). It is on the bank of the river Yamuna, the river being the boundary between the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It is situated near the towns of Nahan in Himachal Pradesh, Yamunanagar in Haryana, Saharanpur in Western Uttar Pradesh and Dehradun in Uttarakhand. It is on the western extreme of the Doon valley a distance of about 44 k.m from Dehradun.Kalesar National Park is 12 K.M from Paonta Sahib.
Bhangani Sahib Gurudwara
Gurudwara Bhangani Sahib is about 6km from Paonta Sahib and is reached by driving through some long narrow dusty roads that lead you through a couple of small villages. Then, in the middle of some green fields stands the magnificent small Gurdwara of Bhangani Sahib. It is being renovated with marble floors being constructed around it. Inside the Darbar Sahib or main hall is also constructed in marble.
Sirmuri Tal
Rajbans is also known popularly as the Sirmouri Tal. It has a great historical importance and various stories of interesting curses and counters are doing rounds about these old and ancient ruins of Rajbans. These ruins tell a very fascinating story if guile, deceitfulness and treachery in which a famous promised his beloved courtesan half of his kingdom if she could cross the river Yamuna only on a rope. When accepted, the courtesan completed the task painlessly and demanded her rightful prize, which, of course, the king manipulated. He asked her dance her way back to claim the entire kingdom instead of just half of it. She again fulfilled what she was asked of but the king seeing his words falter, cut the rope halfway and the dancer was immersed in the river forever. It is believed that she cursed him and a dangerous flood hit the kingdom destroying the entire region he ruled over.
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