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A place where you can visit to have peace BLISS Bhaderwah is also known as Nagon ki bhoomi, which means "land of snakes.The place that "Mahanju Daru and HarWith capital at today’s Garh, Sungli, the ancient Bhaderwah had been a sovereign and prosperous state . Its famous cities were Dugga Nagar and Udha Nagar, which was situated where village Mounda and Sartingal are situated today. According to Vasuki Puran, when Pandavas perform the Ashumegh Yagna, the “ Samkaran” horse that would graze upon the meadows in the surroundings of holy ‘Sonabain” was taken from Sawan the then king of Bhaderwah. It is also said that a University with the capacity of lodging and boarding for about ten thousand students existed exactly where the Bhaderwah University campus is built. But as has been the universal truth, the glory of Dugga Nagar and Udha Nagar did not live forever. Both perished under the red-hot material of the volcano that erupted on the nearby Kailash Mountain . The ruling clan however, survived. After the destruction of Dugha Nagar and Udha Nagar, the then king Bharat established a new city and named it as “Bhadarvart”. Today’s Bhadrote is the disfigured name of that city.
But after some time when the rulers of Bhaderwah became weak, the rulers of the adjoining Bhadu Blawar conquered them and annexed the states of Bhaderwah and Basholi (today present in Katthua District of Jammu Province) to become part of their kingdom. Afterwards, prince Radhk was given the state of Bhaderwah and he ruled it calling him self Raja Lakshmi Dev. This dynasty ruled Bhaderwh up to 16th generation with “ Pahar Chand” as its last king. During the Paul Dynasty rule a noble king named Nag Pal impressed Moughal King with his spiritual powers and undaunted courage. It is since then that the famous Mela Pat is celebrated in Khakhal mohalla of Bhaderwah every year to commemorate that historical event.
In 1841 AD Bhaderwah became part of J&K state. When Maharaja Partap Singh was crowned as king of Jammu and Kashmir, he gifted Bhaderwah to his younger brother Raja Amar Singh as "Jagir". The Jagir comprised Bhaderwah, Bhallesa and the vast area left of river Chenab from Thathri up to Khellani (Doda). "[1]
Bhaderwah Town (Nagar Bhaderwah) was known as "Hettary Nagar" and prior to that, there were two other towns namely "Donga Nagar" and "Udho Nagar." Both the Nagar was situated around villages Mondha which is about 3 km to the east of present Bhaderwah town.
At one point both the Nagars were flooded due to torrential floods from Himalayas, and the presence of the big boulders today reveal the story of the disaster that occurred then. Later on, the people of Bhaderwah selected a place for their rehabilitation in Seeri (from word "seer" meaning a vast piece of land), now known as Seeri Bazar, a vast field belonging to a Zamindar (farmer) and reconstructed their dwellings around it.
Bhaderwah constituency contains various places and villages like Halaran, of Tehsil Thathri of Doda district and all other villages of tehsil Bhaderwah.appan" civilization has in Indian history
