| Temples & Legends Of Himachal Pradesh |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
KULU-MANALI |
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legend Gara-Durga Devi was the daughter of a high caste Thakur of Dethua village in Kothi
Kot. A mason of Bandal pleased the Thakur immensely by some work and the Thakur promised
that he would be given any reward he wanted. The mason impudently wanted Gara, the
Thakur's beautiful daughter. The Thakur was nonplussed but he had to satisfy his conscience by presenting the daughter to the low caste mason. The girl Gara was extremely unhappy at her fate and wept bitterly sitting by the bank of the Tirthan river near Bandal village. The river goddess was moved and took her down and she was, henceforth, worshipped as a Devi.
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