Neglected Tourism 11: Baba Shivo Devsthan Goran

Baba Shivo Devsthan Goran

Jai Baba Shivo Ji 

The place of Bava Shivo is in the village called Goran of Samba district.  This place is 20 km from Samba bus stand on the Sumb-Goran road towards the northeast. Buses & matadors plied ever half an hour for this place every day & a fair is held here every Sunday and Tuesday and the Bhandara also runs every day.  people from far and wide come here in thousands to express their grief and on getting rid of them pay offerings as well.  Much fame is due to the fulfilling of wishes of people by Baba Ji.

Earlier this place was maintained by the Baridaars but now a Shrine Development committee is dealing with the affairs of this place which was presided over by its chairman Tehsildar Samba & President Des Raj Sharma & the committee members. Everyday there is a Langer for the devotees & on Sundays & Tuesdays there is huge rush of devotees & a fair like situation. Committee has near about 20 paid workers for cookery langar & other affairs related to dev Sthan. 

Before the establishment of the committee there was no development but now there is separate Langar Hall for the devotees & after the establishment of the committee now there are 5 crores rupees in the Bank account of Baba Shivo at J&K Branch Sumb says it's President Des Raj Sharma. He said on Sundays & Tuesdays thousands of the people visit here but the condition of the road is very bad. Although work was started but now due COVID 19 every thing is stalled. 

From Goran Bus stand the link that goes to Baba Shivo's darbar has a culvert which is damaged. Although dev Sthan has lot of land but there is no parking fascility. There is one more proposed road from Goran to Village Kootah by Surara & much of earth work has been done but a forest land hillock is a barrier in this road. Devsthan itself has done so much work on this road. When we asked the president Des Raj Sharma that why they not use the money in the bank for development purposes he said the barridars are fighting a civil case in the Hon'ble court claiming their rights. 

It amazed me that such a spiritual place where people in tens of thousands visit every month is not in the tourist list of Tourism Deptt like Baba Chamliyal Baba Sidh Goria etc. whatsoever be the reasons this place is still longing for its due share in the tourism map of JKUT & can be the bread & butter earners of hundreds of more  people 

Neglected Tourism 7: Adventrous Tourism, Trekking

Adventurous Tourism/ Trekking 

In the 6th of series of Neglected tourism u have read about the Mystical imprints of hoofs of Lord Rama's Ashwmedhya horse in the village Jattah & how to each there, about Dan Dabar famous picnic spot of Youth of Samba & now on the same route if ur fond of Trekking u can trek along with the meanders of River Basanter & take pleasure of natural beauty of the area & have adventure there.
 
   Friends I will show u the two bridges that spans on River Basanter & joins the villages that r on the left side of the river (while ur moving Northeast) with the rest of the rest of the Samba city.  U can go there either from Samba by adopting Sumb road or by Nud Gujwal road It depends upon u. On moving from village Chole da Chak after sometime u will watch first bridge which join Nund Bunb Jattah Villages. This us very old bridge but looks beautiful as this rest on cables.

The other bridge is far away from here & a newer one which is constructed after a long time on the repeated demands & requests of the people.

On the other side of the river Basanter 

This bridge joins vilkages Hunded Jeed Dabruan Jano etc with the rest of the main Samba. This bridge presents a spectacular view point & nature is at its full bloom here. The interesting fact of both these bridges are that they stand on cables.

U can go there any time except rainy season & in my opinion the best time to go there is winters. There is no approach road to this place & the best way to go there is from village Dunai from where a rock cut road is going towards the top of the hill. After reaching on the top u have to descend, if ur on foot it takes 2hrs. U can also go on bike which can lead u to this bridge after sometime adventures. More adventurous people even take SUVs to the top of the hillock. Bolero is the right vehicle if u wanna have part with friends on top of the hill with ur own cooking. Very nice place for excursion in the shade of pine trees.

If proper road connectivity is established this place may be a boon for Samba people

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