Mota is a village in

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, India, 5 km north of

Bardoli Bardoli is a town and a municipality in Surat Metropolitan Region in the state of Gujarat, India. Geography Bardoli is located at . It has an average elevation of 22 metres (72 feet). Weather Bardoli is having average rainfall of 148 ...

and 32 km east of

Surat Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat literally means ''face'' in Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport. It is now ...

Demographics

According to

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2001, the population of Mota was nearly 11,000. Mota has a large population of

Patidar Patidar (Gujarati language, Gujarati: ) is an Indian landlord and agrarian Caste system in India, caste found mostly in Gujarat but also in at least 22 other states of India. The community comprises at multiple subcastes, most prominently the L ...

s (Leva & Chorotariya)

Patel The Patel is an Indian surname or title, predominantly found in the state of Gujarat representing the community of land-owning farmers and later (with the British East India Company) businessmen, agriculturalists and merchants. Traditionally th ...

s and

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Patels. Other groups are

Brahmins 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 o ...

, Anavils, Vaishanav, Parmars, etc. Right now 26 castes of people are staying in Mota. About 300 families of Mota are settled around the world: about 250 families are in the US and a few are in New Zealand and South Africa."MotaGaam.com"
Image:MotaSchool.JPG, Mota School Image:MotaSchool6.JPG, Mota English Medium School

Education

Education in Mota is well developed by the Mota Kelavani Mandal (Education Board). They have "Balmandir" (KG) to "Secondary School" in Gujarati and English medium. Higher secondary school and hostel facilities are provided by the board.

History

Image:Rammain.JPG, Rameshwar Mandir Image:Bahucharama.JPG, Bahucharama Mandir Image:NeekKanth.JPG, Neelkanth Mahadev Image:Patel2.JPG, Sardar Chowk Muktapuri, the present Mota Village, has a lot of small temples and resembles a small pilgrim place. It has been mentioned in Puranas. In Tapi

Purana Purana (; sa, , '; literally meaning "ancient, old"Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas, , page 915) is a vast genre of Indian literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends an ...

(Chapter 36) it's mentioned. After killing

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had dosha which made him reflect two shadows apart from him being a god. He started pilgrim to remove his dosha and reached the present place of Mukteshwar and there one shadow disappeared. And so felt that place as sacred and did puja and yagya and installed mahadev linga there. And as his dosh was disappeared so the name was given as Mukteshwar, and the village named as Muktapuri. After completing the yagya he proceeded forward and reached at the present place of Rameshwar Mahadev. He arranged for the meals for

and for the fulfillment of the need for water he used the arrow named Gangasma. According to the rule before the meals for the worship of

Lord Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...

he took sand in his hand from the place he shot arrow and installed Mahadev

Linga A lingam ( sa, लिङ्ग , lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism. It is typically the primary ''murti'' or devotional im ...

. And then his another shadow disappeared and became fully dosh mukta. The ling in the form of sand done years ago is still present. And if you worship Rameshwar with your faith then your doshas disappear, and all your wished are fulfilled with Rameshwar blessings.lord Brahma Temple in Mota its very few in India, One in Puskar Rajasthan and one in Mota Gujarat. File:HIstory of Rameshwar (plaque 1).jpg, History of Rameshwar File:HIstory of Rameshwar (plaque 2).jpg, History of Rameshwar Mota has nine ancient temples (Rameshwar Mahadev, Nilkantha Mahadev, Mukteshwar Mahadev, Serveshwar Mahadev, Bahuchera Mata, Narmadeshwar Mahadev, Khodiyar Mata, Ram Mandir, Bhutnath Mundir, Khokhali Mata, Mahalaxmi Mata).

References

External links

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