Varaha (Dev-Dhal) Jungle
is a thick Forest near Sangrah Town on Sangrah-Renukaji -Nahan Road. Total area
of Varahawtar forest is about 250 Hectare and the Jungle is full of Baan (Oak),
Buras (Rhododendron) and Devdar (Cedrus Deodara) trees. 64 Hectare aria of
Deevdhal which is known as Dada Jungle is property of Forest department as
revenue and other area is private Forest/ Land of Redly, Sangrah, Andheri,
Baunal and Rajana Panchayats. Panchayat
representative of area send a request letter/ Resolution to Secretory Himachal
Tourism department to develop Vrha Temple as a tourist spot on 3rd
of April, 2017. They demanded link Road and Rope Way to the Temple from
Himachal Government. The Varaha Awtar Temple is situated on Top of the Devdhal Hill
and this is the single Temple of Lord Varaha in Sirmour District. The temple is
situated at an altitude of 7200 foot from the sea level and has been covered
with Snow during winter season. There are 5 Ancient Stone Idols of Varahawtar
(Suarde) in Temple which are told hundreds year old. About 1 KM profound
Nalchoong Gufa (Cave) and Bheem Chulha are also ancient religious place of
Devdhar. Lord Varah is also known as
Sunar Dev in area and thousands of followers keep full faith in God. There is a
boundless Destruction in 8 hectare Forest due to Unscientific Lime Stone Mining.
Varaha Avatar, the third incarnation among the 10 Dashavatara of Lord Vishnu,
is in the form of a Boar. The Lord appeared as a boar to defeat Hiranyaksha, a
demon, who had taken the Earth and carried it to the bottom of the cosmic
ocean. The avatar of Varaha signifies the restoration of the Earth from a
pralaya (deluge) and the formation of a new kalpa (cosmic cycle). Varaha
Purana, one of the major eighteen Mahapuranas, describes about the Varaha
incarnation of God Vishnu, and also about the rescue of the Prithvi. Varaha is
depicted in animal form bearing a boar's head on a man's body. He has four
arms, two of which hold the wheel and conch-shell while the other two hold a
mace, sword or lotus. The tusks of the boar hold the Earth. Sangrah is a
Beautiful Town, Green Valley and Sub-Division of District Sirmour, Himachal
Pradesh. Sangrah Town is about 358 K.M. from Delhi, 161 K.M. from Shimla, 152
K.M. from Chandigarh, 65 K.M. from Rajgarh, 63 K.M. from Nahan and 25 K.M. from
Renuka Ji (By Road). Government Degree College Sangrah, SDM Office,Tehsil
Office, BDO, HDO, ADO, BEEO, BSNL Exchange, Police Station, Old House of
National Awarded Kinkri Devi, Jawga Hils, Helipad, Rawlagarh Fort, Kinkri Devi
Park, Brah Forest, Lord Vijat and Shiva Temple are the main attraction/Place of
Sangrah.
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