Gonti is an ancient and historical village near the
river Betwa in
India and has a temple to
Lord Hanuman i.e. Shahpura Sarkar Prachin Hanuman Mandir.
History
The river Betwa is also called the Ganga of
Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand (, ) is a geographical and cultural region and a proposed state and also a mountain range in central & North India. The hilly region is now divided between the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, with the larger portion lyin ...
, as it is one of the most important rivers there. Situated 10 km away from Erach, 45 km away from
Garautha
Garautha is a Tehsil and a Nagar Panchayat city in district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Garautha City is divided into 10 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. Garautha is 80 and 36 km away from Jhansi and Tahrauli. There is also teh ...
sub-district headquarters and 80 km away from
Jhansi district headquarters, Gonti is famous for Shahpura Sarkar Prachin Hanuman Mandir.
In this mandir the idol of Lord Hanuman is about 12 feet tall. Every Tuesday, a large crowd of
bhakts use to visit this temple to ask for their wishes to be granted. Locals believe that worshiping Lord Hanuman in this place guaranteed their fulfilment, as this place is considered the tapashya Sthali of Lord Hanuman.
Demographics
Citizens of this village are Hindu. The predominant caste in this village is
Yadav/
Ahir
Ahir or Aheer are a community of traditionally non-elite pastoralists in India, most members of which identify as being of the Indian Yadav community because they consider the two terms to be synonymous. The Ahirs are variously described as a ...
/
Yaduvanshi. Other castes are
Pal/Gadariya,
Teli,
Kushwaha,
Dhobi, and
Chamar.
Gonti fort
A fort situated in the vicinity of Shahpura Sarkar Pracheen Hanuman Mandir dates from about 1600 AD. The locals believe that due to curse of a girl, the kingdom and its whole population died due in a pandemic.
The fort is abandoned due to lack of maintenance And because locals also believe that taking anything from the fort triggers the curse.
Education
• Prathmik Vidyaalay Gonti
• Purv Madhyamik Vidyalay Gonti
• Prathmik Vidyalay Shahpura Buzurg
References
Further reading
# "Uttar Pradesh in Statistics," Kripa Shankar, APH Publishing, 1987,
ISBN 9788170240716
#
↑ "Political Process in Uttar Pradesh: Identity, Economic Reforms, and Governance Archived 2017-04-23 at the
Wayback Machine," Sudha Pai (editor), Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Pearson Education India, 2007,
ISBN 9788131707975
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