Haripur founded by raja harichand once called choti kashi, according to survey done by Punjab uni this place has highest concentrated of Temples in whole himachal, due to negligence of govt is falling apart , heritage dies death here every day
In old day when people use to visit haripur , beautiful gates yes to welcome them , now they are falling apart and have become threat to public
Gate from diff part of town
Rulers of guler adorned town with beautiful pounds and wells , now dying or used to dump waste

Sukha talab
Bhara talab
Rani talab
When people suffered from water problems they cleaned a old well and discovered a beautiful 4 floor medical well , only one of its kind in himachal

Rulers of haripur built many temple , here are some of Temple

Kalyan rai mandir

Entrance and main temple
Dhuru mahadev mandir
800 year old ram mandir ,need serious repair
Radha Krishna mandir

Asthdahtau murtis of rahda Krishna stolen, now replaced by marvel one
More temples near chougan
This town also has one of oldest Nagra style sraswati temple ,

Sarswati temple
Due to continued negligence this places has become target of antique sharks,eev devi sarswati. Mufti stolen awat
Fort of haripur is now damaged beyond repair
Temple near fort
Hand carved rooms , people say there use to be tunnel which connected this place to main fort, general used to carry water or escape during war
Some place in this region are so backward that they are compared with kala pani , sadist attitude of government toward this region is beyond common mans understanding,
people still tanks Britishers who connected this region with railways, but even that stops during rainy season ,and guess what it has still not resumed even after constant demand , here is recent news https://twitter.com/AUHimachal/status/1360902553098199052?s=20
This is story of all small heritage towns like sujanpur, jaisinghpur, haripur, this region was depopulated by pong dam , 20,000 people were displaced and this place had massive impact on its economy , opening of central uni was there new even that has taken too long
This temple from submerged area near guler sums up condition of this place

Old, desolated, collapsing, ignored
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