Today we are at Mohalla Zone of Doda district in Chenab Valley. Administratively, the Doda district with 406 villages, three being un-inhabited. Doda District has been divided in four Sub Divisions viz Doda, Bhaderwah, Thathri and Assar. It has four Tehsils Doda, Bhaderwah, Thathri, Gandoh (Old Record). There are 08 Rural Development Blocks comprising Bhaderwah, Ghat(Doda), Thathri, Gandoh, Bhagwah, Assar, Marmat and Gundana. The Mahalla is counted in the Gundana block.
- Some information about Mahalla.
Mahalla is one of the large area locality in Doda which includes many villages like Bhata, Mandrana, Diwaal, Khankoot, Gulmana etc. It was declared as tehsil also on 16-07-2014 (Cabinet Decision No. 128/11/2014 dated 16/07/2015, Government Order No. 169 of 2014) which is headquartered at Bhata Village of Mohalla. It is 35 kms away from District Headquarter Doda. It is situated on the banks of river Chenab. Paddy fields are one of its attractions. The rice of Mahalla is said have been the favorite of Mahraja of Jammu. You can find many carved stones in Mahalla which are said to have been carved by pandavas of Mahabharata. We have streams of water connecting almost every village of Mohalla tehsil. The land is very fertile and can grow almost every thing from paddy to Apple and bananas. Sarazi is the dominant local language besides Kashmiri and Gojri. Mahalla is surrounded by Doda Block towards South , Kishtwar Block towards East , Drabshalla Block towards East , Bhagwah Block towards west.
- Veer Devta Temple and the ancient tree behind it.
This is one of the oldest Hindu temple built before the Maharaja Gulab Singh approximately 200 years ago and the tree behind it was also planted that time.
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| Veer Devta Temple in Mahalla |
Teyar festival was also celebrated in 2018, to watch the festival video click this link: https://youtu.be/EQp1If69wSA
Teyar festival is celebrated every year in February with ancient traditions. In an discussion with The Chenab Times, the festival is celebrated as the devotees of the arrives near Veer Devta and gather at the main path below temple and started their prayers by taking incense sticks in between their’s palms and greet their God (Devta). After that they start putting the collected bitter oranges fruit in the small water pots one by one and spray some flowers etc from the above of these pots. Then the bitter oranges are turned out and holded into hands of the youngsters and they have to throw these bitter oranges from the main path to above the tree behind temple.
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| The Tree Behind Temple |
It is believed that the person whose fruit go directly above without touching the tree and crosses it, have the good fortune and some other things as per the ancient religious devotees.
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| Close View of Tree. |
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