AN EPIC PILGRIMAGE - History and Antiquity of Pehowa : Ancient Prithudaka - Hardcover

This book is the first comprehensive account of Pehowa, oneof the oldest and most sacred place (tirtha), located on the banks of theillustrious Rigvedic river Saraswati, in the Kurukshetra region. It is believedthat Yudhisthira performed the obsequies of all those who died in the great warof Mahabharata, here. After giving the geographical and archaeologicalbackground and the historical survey of region, the book presents an account ofthe different places of pilgrimage- tirthas, asramas, holy spots connected withsages and divinities etc., at and near Pehowa, giving copious textual citations.