History
In the middle of 11th century, Delhi was under control of "Chandravanshi" King Anangpal Tomar. Among the children of king Anangpal were two girls. The elder daughter was married in the Royal Family of "Kannoj" and had a son named 'Jaychand Rathor'. The king of Ajmer Vasaal Dev Chouhan attacked Delhi and took it under his control. As a compensation of battle the defeated king Anangpal offered Vasal Dev to marry his daughter and made him son-in-law. As a result Anangpal got his state back. Due all these circumstances his younger brother Jetpal Tomar got jealous and decided to have his own empire and to complete his aim he started his journey towards north-west direction. He crossed the Beas river and reached in the thick forest of Baranda near Nurpur. On reaching there he came to know that the 'Pethan' (Which is known to us by the name of Pathankot) was under control of Afghan named 'Kajbak Khan'. A Brahmin from Kuthyali village of Pathankot was the advisor to Kajbak Khan. With his help Jetpal attacked Paithan and ended of the rule of Kajbak Khan. He established the state Paithania and from that day Jetpal became Paithania from Tomar. King Jetpal constructed a strong fort on Shimla hill in Pathankot. Due to change in language pronunciation of 'th' became stable and the generations after Jetpal were known as "Paithania". The rulers of Paithania generations ruled Pathankot from 1095-1597 that is for 502 years. In the 16th century Mughal attacks started in India. During that period Delhi was under the control of Shershah Suri. The 21st king of Paithan, Bakhatmal was loyal to Shershah Suri. Son of Shershah Suri, Sikandarshah Suri constructed the fort of "Mau" in the mountain areas of Paithan. Sikandar Shah Suri had fought a battle with Emperor Akbar in the fields of Kalanaur, district Gurdaspur. After getting defeated in the battle Sikandarshah ran away and hid in the "Mau fort ". Mughal troops reached to Mau fort by following him and put a siege on the fort. After 8 months long siege Sikandarshah Suri surrendered and promised to be loyal with the Mughal Empire and was rewarded by the state of Bengol, but Paithan's king Bakhatmal wasn't forgiven. Due to his role in opposing the Mughal troops and supporting Sikandarshah Suri he was arrested and taken to Lahore and was hanged there. After this incident the 23rd king of Paithan 'Basu' shifted his capital to Nurpur, which was called "Dhamidi" at that time.
After the death of Paithan's 17th king Kailashpal (1353-1357) his son Tikka Nagpal or Naga came in power and ruled till 1438.
One interesting story was famous about Nagpal that queen gave birth to a snake along with the baby and due to this reason, Prince was famous by the name of Nago. King Kailash took care of both the prince and the snake. After that king Basu made a "Dehari" and "Bauli"and left the snake or Naga over there. That place became famous by the name of 'Nagawari'. The Pathania generations worship the snake as their "Kuldevata". There is a ritual in Rajput families of Pathania community that when son is born or after a wedding they to go to this temple for worship.
This ancient temple situated at Nagawari is mentioned in revenue records as 0-10 for mysterious temple, 0-2 for 'Bauli' and 0-12 for internal structure. Recently for maintenance of this Nag Temple a committee was formed in the name of 'Nag Mandir Jathere Pathania, Nagawari', which was registered under Himachal Pradesh Society act 2006. No:04/CA, Dated 11/02/2012 in the office of SDM Nurpur.
Edited by Jitender Pathania on 03-March-2020 17:15 PM