This book is the first comprehensive account of Pehowa, oneof the oldest and
most sacred place (tirtha), located on the banks of theillustrious Rigvedic
river Saraswati, in the Kurukshetra region. It is believedthat Yudhisthira
performed the obsequies of all those who died in the great warof Mahabharata,
here. After giving the geographical and archaeologicalbackground and the
historical survey of region, the book presents an account ofthe different places
of pilgrimage- tirthas, asramas, holy spots connected withsages and divinities
etc., at and near Pehowa, giving copious textual citations.