Sacred Centre of Mata Sitla Devi Temple of Gurugram

Historical Evolution and Religious Significance of Gurugram

Abstract

Gurugramtown is a glaring of urban growth. It has experienced growth spurt both spatially and demographically. The city stands today grown and developed from a small town to being a Millennium City of India.Gurugram like other urban centers of the country is multi- functional. The settlement of Gurugram is believed to be in the period of the Mahabharata when Guru Dronacharya settled here and in whose memory a tank still exists. A temple (Sheetla Mata) is also found here and on these people believes that it gradually became a religious center. They even say that permanent according to another explanation, the word Gurugram comes from an amalgamation of the words ‘gur’ (Jaggery) and gaon (Village). This indicates that it has sugarcane growing area and thus gur, that is jiggery, was produced in Gurugram. It is evident that in its historical past Gurugram has been identified as a small farming settlement. To begin with, it was a Guru Gram of Dronacharya-studded with tanks and temples later on it became a place of military importance and now it has developed as an important industrial area.