Bajaura

Bajaura lies in the mountain country of Kullu, where the Beas flows through a valley among the Himalayan ranges. The old Basheshwar Mahadev temple at Bajaura is dedicated to Shiva. Farther up the valley stands Naggar Castle, an ancient seat of the rulers of Kullu, thought to have been built in the late fifteenth century. The Parvati, Sainj and Tirthan rivers join the Beas in the surrounding mountain country.

In the middle of the seventeenth century Raja Jagat Singh moved Kullu's capital from Naggar to Sultanpur. During his reign, in 1650, a temple to Raghunath was established after an image of Rama was brought from Ayodhya. The valley's temples and royal seat recall the long history of a hill kingdom set apart among the mountains.