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This
kshetra has a long legend, and great history. According to it, king
Mandhata of Kashmir had an illustrious son called Sibi, who was
blessed with two noble brothers called Meghadambara and Jeem
uthavahana. The elder, when went on pilgrimage, found at a holy hill
many Maharshis doing penance and living a life of beatitude. Drawn
by it, he began penance and at the end left for his heavenly abode.
The Maharashis burnt his body and kept the ashes in the form of a
linga. Jeemuthavahana came in search of his brother and learning
about the demise, he followed suit lured by the bliss of
emancipation.
Then
came Sibi himself and seeing the lingakaras of his brothers, he
decided to perform hundred yagnas to go to heaven with his mortal
body.
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