500-yr-old Kurukshetra ‘baori’ to be tourist spot

Haryana Art and Culture

Haryana Saraswati Heritage Development Board would rejuvenate a nearly 500-year-old “baori”, known as Bhai Lakhi Rai Vanjara’s Baori, at Ishargarh village in Kurukshetra and develop it as a tourist destination.
The place would also be linked with NH-44 as it is just about 200m from the national highway.
Lakhi Rai Vanjara who built the “baori” was the same person who burnt his own house to cremate the headless body of Guru Tegh Bahadur, who was martyred on the orders of the Mughal emperor of the time.
It is said that while going to far-flung areas for business, Lakhi Vanjara, who was a rich trader, used to halt in this area near Saraswati river, and got the ‘baori’ constructed.
The board has been making efforts to preserve and develop historical and heritage sites situated on the banks of the Saraswati.
The board will develop this ancient stepwell as a tourist destination so that tourists could get a chance to know about the ancient heritage of Haryana.