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 MOOMAL  JI MARI

                      Moomal- ji -Mari is situated from south-east of village Mathelo and about 10 kms from Ghotki city District head quarter. It covers an area of about 2 acres and 25 feet high form the adjacent plain level. The out look of the mound with its height suggests a visitor that the place must have been of much significance in its olden days. The remain of the fortification wall with its bastions are visible. The sun dried bricks are used in its construction. The mound is known by the local people as Moomal-ji-Mari. Moomal is well known in Sindh for being the heroine of the legendary love tale arrtibuted to her, and the hero of the story was,

                                                                         ‘’Moomal and Rano’’

      A legendary myth is associated with the site that there existed a river name kak as big as the indus river. It was on edges of that river where princess Moomal lived. Her father, king Raja Nand, was rulling a state where today Marpur Mathelo was located. He had nine daughters, out of whome Moomal  was the most beautiful and her sister soomal the most intelligent. During a hunt, the king found a magical and tusk of a wild bore with which he could enter the river and hide his treasure.

   But a magician come to his palace and Moomal have him the tusk, Moomal and soomal then had to leave the palace to escape the kings warth and built a magical palace, where she met Rano Mahandro.

        Suitors from all over where enchanted by Moomal’s great beauty, but she spurned them all.

Mahendro, the prince of umarkot, was also attracted to her and bribed her maid into revealing the secret entrance to the princess, palace. He managed to win her heart, and they became lovers.

  After a misunderstanding both of them committed suicide. The tragic love story became a folk story and Bhittai praised them in his poetry.

         There are three sites associated with the story, one Mirpur Mathelo and other in Moomal jo Bharo in district and Jaisalmer in india