Piplu fair of Himachal

Current Context : Piplu fair is to be organised in Piplu village in the Bangana subdivision of Una from June 17 to 19.

About Fair

• The fair is celebrated on the occasion of ‘Nirjala Ekadashi’ at the Nar Singh temple located in the village.
• Thousands of devotees from Una, Hamirpur, Kangra and Bilaspur districts pay reverence to Nar Singh deity at the temple.
• They also offer a part of their agriculture produce to the deity, seeking blessings for good health and prosperity, besides praying for a bountiful harvest during the next season.

Historical Prospectus

• According to a legend, a villager had a dream that an idol of Nar Singh was buried in the nearby forest and he dug the area and unearthed a stone idol, which was kept under a dry peepal tree near his house and started worshiping it.
• In no time, the tree began to bear leaves and came back to life.
• The villagers built a small temple and began worshiping the deity.
• In the local dialect, ‘peepal’ is known as ‘piplu’ so the the village was named Piplu.