Thread by @major_pawan

Churu Tourism - Salasar Balaji (Thread)

Salasar Balaji is a religious place for the devotees of Lord Hanuman. It is located in Churu district of Rajasthan. Salasar Dham is visited by innumerable Indian devotees throughout the year
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Every year big fairs are organized on Chaitra Purnima and Ashwin Purnima. During this time, millions of devotees gather here to have a vision of this revered deity. There are many dharamshalas to stay here and many restaurants to eat and drink.

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Salasar attracts millions of visitors most of them choose to come on feet, while some on prostrated movement showing their intensity of devotion for Balaji.

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History claims the site was discovered by a Jat farmer of Asota village in Nagaur district of Rajasthan in samvat 1811 (1754 AD). The farmer hit an item in the ground while plowing his field and discovered it to be an idol covered with sand.
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His wife arrived and cleaned it the idol with her saree before determining it to be of Lord Hanuman, also known as Balaji in northern parts of India (not to be confused with Lord Vishnu worshipped as Balaji in southern parts of India)
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The news of the appearance of Balaji soon spread in the Asota village and reached the Thakur of Asota. That night Balaji appeared in Thakur's dream and ordered him to send the idol to Salasar in the Churu district.

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The same night a devotee of Lord Hanuman, Mohandas ji Maharaj of Salasar saw Lord Hanuman or Balaji in his dream too. Balaji told him about the idol of Asota. He immediately sent a message to the Thakur of Asota. The Thakur got surprised.

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The thakur was surprised to discover that Mohandas ji knew even minor details without coming to Asota. The idol was sent to Salasar and was consecrated at the place presently known as Salasar Dham.

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This place is well connected by road from delhi (300kms) and jaipur (180kms)

Salasar village is surrounded by scenic sand dunes.
As millions ppl visit here every year , the places nearby can be developed as tourist hot spots.
We have enough to show the world

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But sadly nobody is thinking about it as our political leadership is always involved in petty politics. It doesn't require a super brain to make this place a tourism hot spot.
It just requires some initiative and some positive energy.

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There are some good hotels coming up in churu but requires a lot of effort from the @RajCMO to think about churu.
There is one RHTDC hotel in churu ' Chirmi' which is in shackles. @my_rajasthan

Hope the better sense will prevail someday and the authorities will wake up

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