UNA

UNA

The town of Una which happens to be the district headquarter is situated by the side of Swan river which is the tributary of the Sutlej river. As per a belief prevalent in the area the great rishi Balmiki had named this river as “Som Bhadra” in Ramayana while Rig Veda had mentioned it is “Swastu”. Una had been mentioned as a state of Jalandhar Doab in “Aainey Akbari” a historical treatise of Mughal period having in its fold eight revenue mohals out of the 60 recorded in the said book. Una besides being the district headquarter, owes its importance to being the residence of a branch of the Bedi family whose ancestor Baba Kaladhari, a descendant of Guru Nanak, during the time of tenth Sikh Guru Gobind Singh after wondering about the Jalandhar Doab for some years, finally settled down here as he attracted a crowd of followers who flocked to hear his eloquent discourse on the holy Guru Granth Sahib. Even today the descendants of Baba Kaladhari are putting up in the fort of Una. The golden dome of the mausoleum of Bedi Sahib Singh situated on a high terrace overlooks the valley. After becoming the district headquarter Una town has seen tremendous expansion besides commercial and trade activities.

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