Jamsar is a small village in

Bikaner Bikaner () is a city in the northwest of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is located northwest of the state capital, Jaipur. Bikaner city is the administrative headquarters of Bikaner District and Bikaner division. Formerly the capital of ...

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

, India. There were 467 households in the village in 2011. Located in a

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environment, the nearest city is

Geography

Jamsar is located at .

Demographics

As of the

2011 Indian census The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Jamsar had a population of 2,869. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Jamsar has an average literacy rate of 43%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 33%.

Gagainathji Samadhi

Baba Shri Gangainath, an 'Ayi-panthi'

Nath Nath, also called Natha, are a Shaiva sub-tradition within Hinduism in India and Nepal. A medieval movement, it combined ideas from Buddhism, Shaivism and Yoga traditions in India.Samadhi ''Samadhi'' (Pali and sa, समाधि), in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness. In Buddhism, it is the last of the eight elements of the Noble Eightfold Path. In the Ashtanga Yoga ...

’ on 31st Dec’1983 at 5:22 am at Jamsar. Shri Ramlal Ji Siyag, founder & patron of Adhyatma Vigyan Satsang Kendra,

Jodhpur Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Ki ...

is the most well known disciple of Shri Gangainath Ji, whom he had handed over the title of Gurudom (gurupad). A grand program is organized at Jamsar Ashram of Baba Shri Gangainath by his disciples who gather here from all over India to pay homage and seek his blessings on this day.

References

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