Brahawtar Forest

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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.