Jeenmata is a village in Sikar district of

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. It is located at a distance of 29 km from Sikar town in south. There is an ancient

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dedicated to Shree Jeen Mataji (

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of Power). Millions of devotees come here during

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. There are a number of

dharamshalas A dharamshala, also written as dharmashala is a public resthouse or shelter in the Indian subcontinent. Just as sarai are for travellers and caravans, dharamshalas are built for religious travellers at pilgrimage sites. In Nepal there are dhara ...

to accommodate large number of visitors. Jeenmata temple is situated near the hill 10 km from village ''Rewasa''. The temple of Jeen Mataji is around 108 km from Jaipur. It is surrounded by thick forest. Its full name was Jayanti Mata. The temple was constructed around 1200 years ago. The temple of Jeen Mataji was a place of pilgrimage from early times and was repaired and rebuilt several times. Jeen Mata's main followers include the Vaisya (Khandelwal)

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Brahmin Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers (guru ...

s, Lohar,

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s /

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 ...

Jat The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subse ...

Rajputs Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...

, Khandelwal,

Agarwal Agrawal (anglicised as Agarwal, Agerwal, Agrawala, Agarwala, Agarwalla, Aggarwal, Agarawal, Agarawala) is a Bania community found throughout northern, central and western India, mainly in the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Hi ...

, Jangir, Gupta and

Meenas Meena () is a sub-group of Bhils. They speak Meena language. They started adopting the Brahmin worship system. Its name is also transliterated as ''Meenanda'' or ''Mina''. Historians claim that they belong to the Matsya tribe. They got the sta ...

along with Baniyas of the Shekhawati area. Jeen Mataji is the kuldevi of

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, Khandelwal,Agarwal, Gupta ,Sonawane, Kasliwal, Bakliwal, Meena, Jats, Shekhawati Rajputs (Shekhawat & Rao Rajputs and other Rajput residing in Shekhawati area),mali and Jangir, of Rajasthan. The other famous temple of Sikar District, Khatushyamji is at a distance of twenty-six kilometers.

References

External links

Delimitation Commission Report
* ttp://devasthan.rajasthan.gov.in/images/Sikar/jeenmataji.htm http://sikar.nic.in/jeen_mata.htmbr>Delimitation Commission ReportJeen Mata Temple - The Divine India
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