Alwar- Rajasthan

 NARAINI - ALWAR

This is a hot spring about 69 K.M. south-west of Alwar near Baldeogarh. It is a most picturesque spot known for tiger beat. A local legend runs that Naraini was a Women bom in barber's family of Jaipur and married to a barber at Rajorgarh. The husband died of a Snake bite on way from her father's house and she asked the cow-herds to collect fuel wood so that she could became sati. The cow herds promised to do so only after their cows had quenched their thirst, but the lady told them not to worry about the water which she prophesied would ensure naturally. The collected the fuel for the funeral and she became sati. Since then, it is said, perennial spring flows. A fair is held every year on Baisakh Sudi 11 which is attended by people of all castes but congregation of Nais(barbers) is the largest The Nais attach special importance to the place.

 

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