Varahawtar Temple Sangrah

Varaha Awtar (Dev-Dhal) Jungle is a thick Forest near Sangrah Town on Sangrah-Renukaji (Nahan) Road. Total area of Varahawtar forest is about 40 Hectare and the Jungle is full of Baan, Buras and Devdar trees. The Varaha Awtar Temple is situated on the Top of the Hill and this is the single Temple of Lord Varaha in Sirmour District. There are 5 Ancient Stone Idols of Varahawtar (Suarde) in Temple which are told about 350 years old. There is a great Destruction to the Forest due to Unscientific Lime Stone Mines. 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, BSNL Exchange, Police Station, Old House of National Awarded Kinkri Devi, Jawga Hils, Jawga Helipad, Rawlagarh Fort, Brah Forest, Bhagwan Parshuram Music School, Lord Vijat and Shiva Temple are the main attraction/Place of Sangrah.