Nagalpar is a small village that is located in the

Kutch district Kutch district (), officially spelled Kachchh is a district of Gujarat state in western India, with its headquarters (capital) at Bhuj. Covering an area of 45,674 km2, it is the largest district of India. The area of Kutch is larger than ...

, in the state of

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, India. It comes under Anjar

taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...

.It is sub-divided into Nagalpar Moti and 'Nagalpar Nani

Temples and Shrine

The Thakor Mandir and Shiva Mandir, Welcome gate, Chabutro are built by original inhabitants belonging the Mistri community. The current Thakor Mandir built by Lira Valji Tank in 1890. The

dargah A Sufi shrine or dargah ( ''dargâh'' or ''dargah'', Turkish: ''dergâh'', Hindustani: ''dargāh'' दरगाह درگاہ, ''dôrgah'') is a shrine or tomb built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint or dervi ...

(shrine) of Hussain Pir Shah of

Nizari Isma'ilism Nizari Isma'ilism () are the largest segment of the Ismailis, who are the second-largest branch of Shia Islam after the Twelvers. Nizari teachings emphasise independent reasoning or '' ijtihad''; pluralism—the acceptance of racial, ethnic, ...

sect of the

Khoja The Khoja are a caste of Muslims mainly members of the Nizari Ismaʿiliyyah sect of Islam with a minority of followers of Shia Islam originating the western Indian subcontinent, and converted to Islam from Hinduism by the 14th century by the Pe ...

community, was inaugurated the

Aga Khan I Prince Hasan Ali Shah (; 1804 – 12 April 1881), known as Aga Khan I (), was the 46th hereditary imam of the Nizari Isma'ilis. He served as the governor of Kerman and a prominent leader in Iran and later in the Indian subcontinent. He was t ...

himself in 1865. Th construction began in 1860 and was completed in 1865 by Gaidhars of local Hindu Mistry community. A fair is held every year in name of Pir Hasan Shah for four days

References

{{Reflist Villages in Kutch district