Monday 17 May 2021

Information about the district Bilaspur, of Himachal Pradesh

     Information about the Distt. Bilaspur of                                (Himachal Pradesh)





According to the 2011 cenus----


district formed   1st July 1954

Total area 1167square Km

Total population 3,82,056


Headquater  -  Bilaspur


Literacy rate - 85.87%


Sex Ratio -  981

Vidhan Sabha Seats -   4

Bilaspur District was formerly known as Kehloor




List  of beautiful Temples :

(1) Naina Devi Temple


it is one of the 51 Shaktipeeths where limbs of Sati fell on Earth


built by Veer Chand Chandel





(2) Rishi Markanday Temple, Jukhala



A big fair is organised here on the day of Baishakhi 


Rishi Markanday, lived and meditated here.

Markandeya Ji is worshipped here as the savior of children and couples pray to him for long life of their children

one rishi Mrikandu, the rishi had no children and so he used to pray to Lord Shiva fervently for a child. Very soon, the Lord Shiva blessed him with a son, but also told him that his son will not live long and will die after reaching 12 years of age. Mrikandu named his son Markanday and started living in the constant fear of death of his only child.

When Markandeya Ji came to know the reason of his father's fear, he started worshipping Lord Shiva at the same place where the idol stands today




(3)  Vyas Cave


there is a tunnel nearby this area, which connects Markandeya and Vyas Caves




(4) Shah Talai 


Taposathali of Baba Balak Nath








(5)  Dhaulra Temple




Shri Baba Nahar Singh Temple is addressed at Dholra. He is also known as ‘Bajia’, ‘Peepal Wala’,and ‘Dalian Wala’. 


When King Deep Chand of Bilaspur married a queen of Kullu, who revered the Baba Nahar Singh. After sometime,the queen fell unwell and continued to suffer from spells of  senselessness. At the time of going ‘Barat’ the ‘Palki’ of the Queen is not pick up by the people. The reason is that,  Baba Nahar  wants to go with the queen. Thus, Raja Deep Chand built this Temple at Dholra and placed his ‘Kharaun‘ (Wooden Slipper) in the temple






(6) Bhyanu Peer Temple




situated in Tiyun dhar





(7)  Hari Devi Temple, Dangar



it is situated in Gram Panchayat Lehri Sarail, At 22nd May Big fair organised by Villagers & Gram Panchayat Comitee



(8) Rang Nath Temple Bilaspur 

original not provided





It is oldest temple in raghunath pura (bilaspur)






(9) Gopal ji Temple 


 
Original image cannot find




It is situated in Bilaspur city




(10)  Rukmani kund


 The King of Auhar dreamt that water would come out if his son or daughter-in-law are offered in sacrifice. Rukmani, his daughter-in-law, offered herself and not only saved her husband but also saved the entire region.




TOURIST PLACES IN DISTRICT BILASPUR:


(1)  Koldam



Power Generation Capacity is of 800 MW (4x200 MW).  

The dam was constructed by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on Satluj river

 It is 18 km from Bilaspur off the Chandigarh-Manali Highway (NH-21) near Barmana.

 The foundation stone of the dam was laid in June 2000 by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the complete construction of the dam took about 15 years, finished on 3 January 2015.


(2) Bhakhra Dam
Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej river.
the construction of the dam was started by Sir Louis dane , it was the only dam in Asia which could produce 1500 MW power




(3) Fish Breeding Center, Deoli



Asia largest fish breeding center in Bilaspur

https://youtu.be/IqedZmfxnjE



(4)  Gobind Sagar lake



Gobind Sagar stores up to 9.34 billion cubic metres of water, the 90 km long reservoir 





(5)  Kandrour 


 built in the year 1965, it is built across the Sutlej River 

It is located at a distance of 8 km from Bilaspur on the National Highway 88.
it measured 80 meters high from the river bed and 280 meters long

Its construction was started in the year 1959 and was completed in the year 1964



Dhar in district Bilaspur(Satdhar)


[1]   Jhanjyar Dhar 





Seer Khhad divides into two parts.












[2]     Tiyuen Dhar



It consists Tiyuen fort, Peer Bhyanu temple, sharyun fort and naurang gadd.














[3] Bandla Dhar





it is 17 km long















[4]  Bahadurpur Dhar


Bahadurpur fort situated here, this heighest place in  1980 meter. It is summer asylum of Raja Bijai Chand. 













[5]   Kot Dhar 




Bachretu fort situated at this place.










[6]   Rattanpur Dhar



at this place rattanpur fort situated, david octor loani beat gorkha commander amar singh thapa




[7] Naina Dhar



Naina Devi temple , kot kehloor fort and fatehpur fort situated on these hills












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