The caves and some temples built by the king are still there, of great heritage and cultural importance.
On the hills of Haripur, there is a ruined fort which was built by Raja Hari Chand, which is the second fort built by him after Kangra (Nagarkot) Fort. The Guler artists had the colors of the dawn and the rainbow on their palette. There they developed a style of painting which has a delicacy and a spirituality of feeling. About the middle of the eighteenth century some Hindu artists trained in Mughal style sought the patronage of the Rajas of Guler in the Kangra Valley.
Guler painting is the early phase of Kangra Kalam. Guler State was famous as the cradle of the Kangra paintings. Guler State was a historical princely state in district Kangra between 1405, when the state was founded, and 1813 when it was annexed by Punjab. On the other side of Haripur town, is Guler which has a narrow gauge railway station connected from Pathankot station to Jogindernagar station. A river separates the two towns which further makes Pong wetland, a Ramsar Wetalnd Site, home to a large number of migratory birds in winters because of marshes and the presence of irrigated private land. Haripur Guler are twin townships carrying the heritage of Guler Riyasat. Haripur is a township in Kangra district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. One can purchase hand-woven blankets, shawls and hand-block printed clothes. The inhabitants in the area are mostly craftspeople, weavers, basket makers, silversmiths, painters, musicians and tailors. The village is known for its cottage industry. There are many silversmiths in the market selling traditional trinkets and curios. Butail Mandir, Chaujjar Mansion, courtyards of the Sood Clans, an ancient Shakti Mandir and atiyalas or public platforms are the pride of this heritage village. The places of interest within the Heritage Village Pragpur are the Lala Rerumal Haveli built in 1931 by a Rais of Pragpur, which has a Mughal style garden, pleasure terrace and a large water reservoir. Apart from the Judges Court, which was built in 1918, Mr Lal has restored his 300-year-old ancestral house. It stands in 12 acres of greens, and is just a short walk from the village core and the Taal. The Judges Court is a resort built in a typical Anglo-Indian style of architecture.
Along with Pragpur, the nearby village of Garli is a part of the Heritage Zone. Prag means “pollen” in Sanskrit and pur means “full of”, so Prag-pur means “full of pollen”, which rightly describes the area when it is ablaze with blossoms in spring. Due to its unique architecture and pristine beauty, the state government of Himachal Pradesh declared Pragpur as the country’s first Heritage Village in December 1997. The narrow streets, lined with fort-like houses, havelis and villas, are indicative of the area’s aged charisma. Pragpur is an ornamental village with unchanged shops, cobblestone streets, old water tanks, mud-plastered walls and slate-roofed houses. The area of Pragpur was part of the principality of Jaswan whose chief, in the late 16th or early 17th century, charged a band of learned men, led by a Kuthiala Sood, to find a suitable place to commemorate Princess ‘Prag’ of his royal lineage. Pragpur was founded in the late 16th century by the Patials in memory of Princess Prag Dei of the Jaswan Royal family. As per the constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Pragpur village is administrated by the sarpanch, who is the elected representative of the village. Lying in the shadows of Dhauladhar range, and developed about 3 centuries ago, the village of Pragpur along with the nearby village of Garli, is notified as a “Heritage Village” by a State Government notification dated 9 December 1997. Pragpur is a village situated in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh.