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Godwar
Gorwar or Godwar, (in different periods also was called Chandravati Kingdom, Sirohi State) is a region of Rajasthan state in India, which lies in the southwest Rajasthan and borders with the state of Gujarat. Geography Gorwar stretches along the edge of the Aravalli Hills and is bounded by Mewar in the south-east and Gujarat in the south-west. It covers the region of Jalore, Sirohi and the southern portion of Pali district of Rajasthan. Jawai Bandh, Bali, Falna, Rani, Abu Road, Sanderao and Sirohi are the main towns of the region. The Sukri river and its tributaries flows through this region and flows in the west direction to join the Luni River before it evacuates into the Rann of Kutch. The West Banas River drains the southeastern part of the region. The region has an arid semi-desert climate and falls under the category of the Northwestern thorn scrub forests eco-region. The western part of the Jalore district has a desert landscape as it falls in the Tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godwari
Godwari is a dialect of Marwari (Rajasthani) spoken in Godwar Gorwar or Godwar, (in different periods also was called Chandravati Kingdom, Sirohi State) is a region of Rajasthan state in India, which lies in the southwest Rajasthan and borders with the state of Gujarat. Geography Gorwar stretches along ... region of Rajasthan. It is spoken between Ahor Tehsil of Jalore to Bali tehsil of Pali district. Bisaldev raso is written in Godwari. References {{reflist Languages of Rajasthan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marwari Language
Marwari (, , ) is a Western Indo-Aryan languages, Western Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Marwari and its closely related varieties like Dhundhari language, Dhundhari, Shekhawati language, Shekhawati and Mewari language, Mewari form a part of the broader Rajasthani language family. It is spoken in the Indian state of Rajasthan, as well as the neighbouring states of Gujarat and Haryana, some adjacent areas in eastern parts of Pakistan, and some migrant communities in Nepal. There are two dozen varieties of Marwari. Marwari is popularly written in Devanagari script, as are many languages of India and Nepal, including Hindi, Marathi language, Marathi, Nepali language, Nepali, and Sanskrit; although it was historically written in Mahajani, it is still written in the Perso-Arabic script by the Marwari minority in Eastern parts of Pakistan (the standard/western Naskh (script), Naskh script variant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India by population, seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern side, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert) and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej-Indus River valley. It is bordered by five other Indian states: Punjab, India, Punjab to the north; Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast; Madhya Pradesh to the southeast; and Gujarat to the southwest. Its geographical location is 23°3' to 30°12' North latitude and 69°30' to 78°17' East longitude, with the Tropic of Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajasthani Language
The Rajasthani languages are a group of Western Indo-Aryan languages, primarily spoken in Rajasthan and Malwa, and adjacent areas of Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh in India and South Punjab and the adjacent areas of Sindh in Pakistan. They have also reached different corners of India, especially eastern and southern parts of India, due to the migrations of people of the Marwari community who use them for internal communication. Rajasthani languages are also spoken to a lesser extent in Nepal, where they are spoken by 25,394 people according to the 2011 Census of Nepal. The term Rajasthani is also used to refer to a literary language mostly based on Marwari.. Geographical distribution Most of the Rajasthani languages are chiefly spoken in the state of Rajasthan but are also spoken in Gujarat, Western Madhya Pradesh i.e. Malwa and Nimar, Haryana and Punjab. Rajasthani languages are also spoken in the Bahawalpur and Multan sectors of the Pakistani provinces of Punjab an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aravalli Range
The Aravalli Range (also spelled ''Aravali'') is a mountain range in North India, Northern-Western India, running approximately in a south-west direction, starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana and Rajasthan, and ending in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The highest peak is Guru Shikhar on Mount Abu at . The Aravalli Range is one of the oldest geological features on Earth, dating to the Proterozoic era. The Aravalli Range is rich in natural resources and serves to check the growth of the western desert. Etymology Aravalli, a composite Sanskrit word from the roots ''"ara"'' and ''"vali"'', literally means the ''"line of peaks"''. Natural history Geology The Aravalli Range, an eroded stub of ancient mountains, is believed to be the oldest range of fold mountains in India.Roy, A. B. (1990). Evolution of the Precambrian crust of the Aravalli Range. Developments in Precambrian Geology, 8, 327–347. The natural history of the Aravalli Range dates back to times when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rani, Rajasthan
Rani is a town and municipality and tehsil headquarter in Pali district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It lies on the banks of Sukri River (a seasonal river) , a tributary of the Luni River. It's railway station is an important railway station on Ahmedabad-Delhi railway line. Some nearby villages are Beejowa, Itendra Medtian etc. Rani-Station is the nearest railhead to Shri Parswanath Jain Vidyalaya at Varkana and Shri Ashapura Mata Temple Nadol kasuli. Some Jain temples are thousand year old. The temples are at distance of 7 km from Rani. In Rani itself the Sai Dham Temple, Shri Astapadh Jain Tirth are visitor attraction. Rani has many small scale industries & ''Late Shri Nathraj Hingarh was pioneer in progress of small scale industries in Rani''. Around 1940 Rani initially was only Railway station on Bombay Baroda Central Indian Railway (BB&CI). There is a local god named ' Mamaji '. It is said that he didn't allow the Britishers to lay track on his temple area. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pali District
Pali district is a district in Rajasthan, India. The city of Pali is its administrative headquarters. Pali is also known as the Industrial/Textile City and has been a hub for merchant activities for centuries. It has a rich heritage and culture, including beautiful Jain temples and other elaborate monuments. History In 120 AD, during the Kushana Age, King Kanishka conquered the Rohat and Jaitaran areas, parts of today's Pali district. Until the end of the seventh century, the Pushyabhuti king Harshavardhana ruled the area, along with other parts of what would be Rajasthan. From the 10th to the 15th century, the boundaries of Pali extended to Mewar, Gorwar, and Marwar. Nadol was the capital of the Chauhan clan. All Rajput rulers resisted foreign invaders, but individually fought each other for land and leadership. After the defeat of Prithviraj Chauhan by Muhammad Ghori, the Rajput power in the area was removed. The Godwad area became subject to the then-ruler of Mewar, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bali
Bali (English:; Balinese language, Balinese: ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller offshore islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan to the southeast. The provincial capital, Denpasar, is the List of Indonesian cities by population, most populous city in the Lesser Sunda Islands and the second-largest, after Makassar, in Eastern Indonesia. Denpasar metropolitan area is the extended metropolitan area around Denpasar. The upland town of Ubud in Greater Denpasar is considered Bali's cultural centre. The province is Indonesia's main tourist destination, with a significant rise in Tourism in Bali, tourism since the 1980s, and becoming an Indonesian area of overtourism. Tourism-related business makes up 80% of the Bali economy. Bali is the only Hinduism in Indonesia, Hindu-majority province in Indonesia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falna
Falna is a town and a tehsil in Pali District in Indian state of Rajasthan. Demographics India census, Falna had a population of 24,864. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Falna has an average literacy rate of 66%. Male literacy is 75.6%, and female literacy is 55.7%. In Falna, 12.85% of the population is under 6 years of age. Tourism Swaran Jain temple Golden Jain temple is large Jain temple built in the 19th century. It belongs to the Śvetāmbara sect of Jainism. The temple has an impressive gold panted façade A façade or facade (; ) is generally the front part or exterior of a building. It is a loanword from the French language, French (), which means "frontage" or "face". In architecture, the façade of a building is often the most important asp .... The temple features three curved ''shikharas'', stone pillars with elaborate carvings and pyramidal ''rangmandapa''. References Citations Sources * {{Pali district Cities and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukri
Sukri river flows from the western slopes of Aravalli Range near Desuri in Pali district and flows through Guda Endla, Rani and Chanod. Its total length in the Pali district is 103 km. Another river of the same name originates from Aravali range and flows through Sojat and Gaguda, with total length of 75 km in Pali District. It feeds Bankli Dam, located in Jalore District and then merges with the Luni river near Samdari Samdari is a city and tehsil headquarters in Balotra District in Rajasthan, northern India. Demographics According to the Indian Census 2011, the population of Samdari is 22222, where male population is 12805 and female population is 12207. N .... References * Rivers of Rajasthan {{Jodhpurdivision-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Road
Abu Road is a city and sub-district in Sirohi district of Rajasthan state in western India, lies on the bank of West Banas River. It is the tehsil and sub-district headquarters and the largest city in Sirohi District in terms of area and population. Its railway station is an important stop on the main Indian Railways line between New Delhi and Ahmedabad and registers an impressive growth in passenger traffic and revenue generation for North Western Railway zone. The popular hill station, Mount Abu is 27 km up the hill from Abu Road. The Industrial city is located in the southernmost part of Rajasthan, near the Gujarat border. It is surrounded by the Aravalli Range, which separates it from the Thar Desert. It is around 482 km from Jaipur, approximately 151 km from Udaipur and 197 km from Ahmedabad. Placed almost in the middle of major Indian metro cities. Besides, connectivity with Gujarat ports and cities, it has a strategic geographical advantage. The main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
