Pehowa

Pehowa is a town and a city board in Kurukshetra locale in the Indian territory of Haryana. The Hindu family history registers at Peohwa, Haryana are kept here at the Pruthudak Tirath on the banks of Sarasvati River. Two engravings dated ninth Century A.D. found at Pehowa specify that the place was controlled by Mahendrapala, of Kanauj and a Vishnu sanctuary was built at this place by Tomara family, however such notable sanctuary isn't found in present day Pehowa.

Pehowa is viewed as religious place of high significance and to feature the holiness of the place, Haryana State Government has restricted deal, ownership, utilization and buy of non-veggie lover sustenance in as far as possible. Butchering of creatures is likewise restricted in the town through the court orders. The town is viewed as holy to Ahirs, Hindus and Sikhs. The Telsil Pehowa was made on 1 November 1979 and is at a separation of 27 km from Kurukshetra.

Pehowa is an extremely old town, accepted to pre-date the Mahabharat War by numerous hundreds of years as it thrived on the banks of now became scarce Saraswati River back then. When of the Mahabharata war, the stream had since quite a while ago went away, yet was as yet a heavenly place where individuals offered "Pinda Pradhan" to their progenitors. It is still called as "Pitrudhak Teerth" and was the holiest place for these oblations to be done much before Prayag or Gaya as the neighborhood legend goes.