One or two days is enough for most visitors. A first day covers the old bazaars, Jogiwala Mandir and a look at the boxing scene. A second day leaves time for Devsar Dham, Tosham Hill with its ancient inscription, or the Harappan site at Mitathal, all a short ride from town.

Bhiwani is called Mini Cuba because it produces an outsized share of India's boxers, a nod to boxing-mad Cuba. The name took off when four of India's five boxers at the 2008 Olympics came from here, including bronze medalist Vijender Singh, many of them trained at the Bhiwani Boxing Club.

Bhiwani is known as Choti Kashi, or Little Kashi, because of its many old Hindu temples, a comparison with the holy city of Varanasi. Well-known ones include Jogiwala Mandir, a Shiva temple in the center, the Khaki Baba temple and Kirori Mal temple, with Devsar Dham just outside town.