Tourists arrived at the fair held at Parashar Rishi Temple in Chhoti Kashi Mandi.
Heavy dirt has been found around Parashar Rishi Temple and Lake in Himachal Pradesh. Temple managers say that the tourists who came here have thrown this dirt. He said that there are no hotels and home stays here.
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In such a situation, tourists stay overnight by applying tents. A fair was held here on 15-16 June. In which the tourists locked up in polythene and thrown stools, sanitary napkins, children’s diapers here. Not only this, liquor and beer bottles were found around the temple.
After which a group of local youth is cleaning here. The temple managers have asked the administration to pay attention to this.
Parashar Rishi Temple and Lake of Mandi, around which dirt was spread. In these pictures, the island is seen in different places.
More than 15 thousand devotees came and stayed in the fair 2 days The Parashar Rishi Temple located in Mandi had Saranahuli fair on June 15 and 16. About 15 thousand religious devotees arrived here in these 2 days. More than 20 deities from the surrounding areas were also brought to attend this fair. Hundreds of tourists stayed here at night. There is no hotel and home stay facility to stay here. The nearest hotel from here is 30km away and 50km away. Because of this, tourists from all over the country stayed at night by putting tents around Parashar Rishi Lake. During this time this dirt was spread.
People reached Parashar Rishi Temple on June 15 and 16 during the Saranahuli fair
The sevadar of the temple (Guru, who describes the Dev Dosha), said what in this matter…
- This time tourists increased manifold: Gur Bhag Singh of Parashar Rishi Devta said- A large number of tourists come here throughout the year. However, the number of tourists at the Saranahuli fair increased manifold. For the first time, dirt has spread in Parashar Rishi.
- The island floated 6 to 7 times during the Corona period: Bhag Singh said that tourists stopped coming during the Korona period. Due to which there was purity in the lake here. Only the deity’s tricks and kardars were going to the Parashar Rishi temple, during which the island used to go from one corner to another six to seven times a day.
- Now the island stopped swimming: Bhaag Singh said- Due to the purity of Parashar Rishi Lake, the island made in it often floated. In the lake, instead of island used to change. However, now the island stopped swimming for 8-9 months due to dirt.
- Hurt faith-feelings: Bhaag Singh said- Standing in one place of island is not a good sign for the whole country in a religious respect. The dirt at the place like Parashar Rishi has hurt the faith and feelings of thousands of people.
- Devotees come from these states: Bhag Singh said that this time Parashar Rishi Temple reaches religious tourists from states like Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh along with Delhi, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Tourists present near the tent along the lake near Parashar Rishi Temple.
Seeing the dirt, the youth themselves cleaned Seeing the spread of tourists, Dhumal Thakur of village Ichani reached there with his sage cleanliness army. 70 youth are associated with him. They are constantly engaged in cleaning here. Dhumal says that earlier he never saw such dirt in Parashar Rishi Lake and the temple courtyard.
Speaking of liquor at a distance of 8 to 10 meters from the temple and lake, sanitary napkins, children’s diapers and stool packets have been found. He said, some people came to the temple to parties. This is unfortunate.
He claimed that since 2021, about 1 million bottles of liquor have been collected from Parashar Rishi Temple and Lake Complex. He has demanded the district administration to curb the dirt here.
Local youth telling about sanitary napkins, stool polythene, diaper and liquor bottles found in Parashar Rishi temple complex.
Social workers showing liquor and beer bottles found in Parashar Rishi temple complex
The 13th -century temple was built by Raja Ban Sen People believe that Parashar Rishi, who worshiped Lord Vishnu, had samadhi on this. After this, in the 13th century, King Ban Sen built the temple here. This temple is about 50 km from Mandi district headquarters. People coming by air have to first reach Bhuntar in Kullu, the nearest airport. Parashar Lake is about 65 km from here. People coming by train first have to come to the nearest rail connectivity in Jogendranagar. Parashar is about 88 km from here.