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Peshwa Tourism
27 km west of Thanesar lies Pehowa town. Cunningham dates the place back to
882 AD. The town derives its name from King Prithu. On the death of his father
says a legend, the King sat on the bank of river Saraswati, offering water to
all visitors.
As a result, the place came to be known as Prithudaka or Prithu's pool. The
town which he afterwards built on the spot was called by the same name. With
time, the town of Prithu came to be called Pehowa.
Today, it is an ancient place of great sanctity, where prayer and `pind daan'
for ancestors is believed to grant `moksha' or redemption from the cycle of
birth and death.
Pehowa is also famous for temples devoted to Shiva and his son Kartikkya.
Unlike the other temples, the temple dedicated to Shiva, has no linga. Instead,
it has a panch-mukhi (5 faced) idol of Lord Shiva which is said to be one of
its kind. Haryana Tourism runs its Anjan Yatrika Resort for pilgrims visiting
Pehowa.
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