Long before it was a town in Haryana, this land was, by its own documented local tradition, the in-laws' home of Lord Balaram, the elder brother of Lord Krishna.
A King, His Daughter, and a City Named in Her Honor
According to Rewari's own local history, affirmed by the district government's records and Haryana heritage sources, this land was once ruled by a king named Rewat (Raivata), during the great age of the Mahabharata. King Rewat had a beloved daughter whom he called “Rewa”, formally Rewati. So dear was she to her father that he founded a city in her honor, naming it “Rewa-Wadi.”
In time, Rewa was married to Lord Balaram, the elder brother of Lord Krishna and Himself a full incarnation of the Godhead. As was customary, when King Rewat gave his daughter in marriage, he gave with her a portion of his kingdom as dowry, and the city of Rewa-Wadi passed to Rewa and her divine husband.
Over the centuries that followed, the pronunciation of “Rewa-Wadi” softened and shifted, as place names often do across generations of speech. What was once Rewa-Wadi became, in time, the name this city carries to this day: Rewari.
For devotees, this is more than an etymological curiosity. It means that Lord Balaram is, by this land's own tradition, connected to Rewari as a son-in-law, and that Lord Krishna Himself would have walked this ground for His brother's wedding. A town in Haryana becomes, through this lens, a place of living spiritual significance.
Source: this history is recorded on the official website of the District Rewari, Government of Haryana. As with much oral and civic tradition, it is the district's own historical account rather than an archaeologically verified fact, and it is precisely that long-held local tradition this page honors.
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