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After the fire was extinguished, the search for the coins of the deity Junga continued in the palace.

 The fire that broke out last Wednesday in the ancient palace of the erstwhile Keonthal State has been extinguished, and fire engines returned to Shimla on Friday. However, smoke is still billowing from inside the palace. For the past two days, a large number of people from the Keonthal area have been engaged in kar seva (car seva) to remove debris to excavate the temple (Paul) of the deity Junga buried within the palace.
It should be noted that the deity Junga is the presiding deity of the entire Keonthal region. The then Keonthal state extended from Manimajra in the south to Ravi Punnar in the east. This state included 18 Thakurais. Each region boasts 22 temples dedicated to Tika Dev Junga. The original temple is located within the ancient palace, housing the idols of the deity Junga. In the Keonthal region, the king is considered the fourth deity, whose decisions regarding divine affairs are considered paramount even today.
Currently, Raja Khush Vikram Sen of the Keonthal State stated that the work of removing debris from the palace is being carried out on a war footing, with many people from the Keonthal area participating in Kar Seva. He stated that by Saturday, the architectural condition of the 22 Tika temples of Deity Junga within the palace will be known, and whether the Deity Junga’s pieces were damaged or intact in the fire. Raja Khush Vikram Sen stated that until the Deity Junga’s pieces are recovered, the Pujavaj and Jagra ceremonies of Deity Junga in the Keonthal area have been suspended. It is worth noting that Deity Junga’s Tika Manuni deity recently went on a tour. Upon receiving information about the fire in the palace, the deity’s tour was postponed. All field religious activities will remain suspended until Raja Keonthal’s final decision.

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