Jalore

Jalore

जालौर
Suvarngiri, Jabalipura
Jalore जालौर Suvarngiri, Jabalipura
Town
	Nickname: Granite City of India
	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	343001
Telephone code	912973
Vehicle registration	RJ-16
Nearest city	Bishangarh, Sirohi, Balotra, Mehsana, Jodhpur
Website	jalore.rajasthan.gov.in

Jalore (pronunciation^ⓘ) (ISO 15919 : Jālora ), also known as Granite City, is a city in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the administrative headquarters of Jalore District.

It has a river known as Jawai Nadi. Jalore lies to south of Sukri river, a tributary of Luni river and the river Jawai Nadi passes through it. The town is about 140 km (87 mi) south of Jodhpur and 489 km (304 mi) from the state capital Jaipur. Jalore hasn't grown that much in terms of infrastructure. The town center has many corporate offices like Axis Bank, Punjab National Bank, UCO Bank, Birla Sun Life Insurance Ltd, Shreeram Transport Finance Company among others.

History

Maharaja of

Gurjara-Pratihara king Vatsaraja.^[3]

Parmar Rajputs gradually built jagir included 52 villages in and around modern Jalore district. Abu's Raja Mahipal Parmar was a contemporary of Raja Man Pratihar's son Dewalsimha Pratihar made many invasion attempts re-establish Pratihar hold onto Bhinmal and failed to make Lohiyana (present Jaswantpura) his capital, along with subclan became Dewal Pratihars.^[5]

Parmar Rajputs, Jalore's Chauhan Kanhaddeo, the dewals resisted invasion from Allauddin Khilji, and Mughal army. Thakur Dhawalsimha Dewal of Lohiyana supplied manpower to Maharana Pratap and married his daughter to the Maharana, in return Maharana gave him the title of “Rana” which has stayed with them till this day^[6]

Jalore was ruled by the Paramaras in the 10th century, and Paramaras ruled in Jalore with support of the Chahamana ruler of Nadol, Kirtipala, the youngest son of Alhana in 1181, and founded the Jalore line of Chauhans. His son Samarasimha succeeded him in 1182. Samarasimha was succeeded by Udayasimha, who expanded the kingdom by recapturing Nadol and Mandor from the Turks. Jalore was commending of Udayasimha's reign against the Delhi Sultanate.^[7]

Udayasimha was succeeded by

attacked and captured in 1311 by the Delhi's Afghan Sultan Alauddin Khalji.^[8] Kanhadadeva and his son Viramadeva died defending Jalore. Jalore was the hometown of Jaiwanta Bai, mother of Maharana Pratap (1572–1597). She was the daughter of Akhey Raj Songara. Rathore rulers of Ratlam used the Jalore fort

to safe-keep their treasure.

The Turkic rulers of

Marwar

in 1704, and remained part of the kingdom until shortly after Indian Independence in 1947.

Aravalli District Gujarat

.

There are 12 Math (Big Hindu monasteries) and 13 Takiya (Masjid).

Jalore is known as the "Cradle of the Marwari horse" - an indigenous horse breed famed for its beauty, endurance and loyalty to the horsemen who fought interminable wars on horseback.

Visitor attractions of Jalore


Types of Attractions	Description
Forts And Palace	Jalore Fort Rawala Ummedbad nowaday known as Aasan made by royal family of Jalore. Topekhana
Hindu Temple	Sire Mandir at Jalore Sundha Mata^[9] Kshemkari Mata Temple^[10] Kailashdham at Bishangarh with huge statue of lord Shiva. Dhabbawali Mata Temple at Khasravi
Mosque	Malik Shah's mosque
Jain Temples	Rishabha, the 16th Tirthankara, Shantinath, the 23rd Tirthankara, Parsva and the 24th Tirthankara, Mahavira , Derasars of Rishabha, Acharya Rajendrasuri and Neminath Jain Tirth Bhandavpur, an ancient Jain centre which is now a major pilgrimage place^[11]

References

^ "धर्म-आस्था: जालोर शहर में ऋषि पंचमी पर महर्षि जाबालि का किया पूजन". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 26 August 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ Neelima Vashishtha (1989). Sculptural traditions of Rajasthan: ca. 800-1000 A.D. Publication Scheme. p. 6.
^ B.J. Sandesara (1953). Literary Circle of Mahāmātya Vastupāla and its Contribution to Sanskrit Literature. Singhi Jain Series. p. 8,105.
^ Rao Ganpatsimha Chitalwana, Bhinmal ka Sanskritik Vaibhav, p. 46- 49
^ Rao Ganpatsimha Chitalwana, Bhinmal ka Sanskritik Vaibhav, p. 49
^ Rao Ganpatsimha Chitalwana, Bhinmal ka Sanskritik Vaibhav, p. 50- 53
^ Srivastava, Ashok Kumar (1979). The Chahamanas of Jalore. Sahitya Sansar Prakashan. pp. 14–24.
ISBN 978-0-669-05557-3
.

^ "चैत्र नवरात्र पर आज से होगी सुंधा माता के दरबार में शक्ति की आराधना". Patrika. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

^ "जन-जन की आस्था का केन्द्र क्षेमंकरी माता मंदिर, श्रद्धालुओं की रेलमपेल". पत्रिका. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

^ "श्री भांडवपुर जैन तीर्थ – Shri Bhandavpur Jain Tirth | 52 Jinanlay | Shri Rajendra Shanti Vihar". 5 September 2020.

External links

Jalore at Rajasthan Tourism Website.

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Cities and towns in Jalore district
Cities
and towns

Ahore

Bhinmal

Jalore

Jaswantpura

Sayala

Villages
and settlements

Agwari

Bagra

Bakra

Bhadrajun

Bhanwarani

Chandrai

Charli

Daspan

Dhansa

Dharanawas

Dhumbadiya

Guda Balotan

Harji

Jaswantpura

Korka

Mandoli

Mandwala

Modran

Noon

Padarali

Pooran

Ramsin

Rewatra

Sankarna

Sankhwali

Santhu

Sayala

Siana

Ummaidpur

Vediya

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[1] "धर्म-आस्था: जालोर शहर में ऋषि पंचमी पर महर्षि जाबालि का किया पूजन". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 26 August 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[2] Neelima Vashishtha (1989). Sculptural traditions of Rajasthan: ca. 800-1000 A.D. Publication Scheme. p. 6.

[3] B.J. Sandesara (1953). Literary Circle of Mahāmātya Vastupāla and its Contribution to Sanskrit Literature. Singhi Jain Series. p. 8,105.

[4] Rao Ganpatsimha Chitalwana, Bhinmal ka Sanskritik Vaibhav, p. 46- 49

[5] Rao Ganpatsimha Chitalwana, Bhinmal ka Sanskritik Vaibhav, p. 49

[6] Rao Ganpatsimha Chitalwana, Bhinmal ka Sanskritik Vaibhav, p. 50- 53

[7] Srivastava, Ashok Kumar (1979). The Chahamanas of Jalore. Sahitya Sansar Prakashan. pp. 14–24.

[8] ISBN 978-0-669-05557-3
.

[9] "चैत्र नवरात्र पर आज से होगी सुंधा माता के दरबार में शक्ति की आराधना". Patrika. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[10] "जन-जन की आस्था का केन्द्र क्षेमंकरी माता मंदिर, श्रद्धालुओं की रेलमपेल". पत्रिका. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[11] "श्री भांडवपुर जैन तीर्थ – Shri Bhandavpur Jain Tirth | 52 Jinanlay | Shri Rajendra Shanti Vihar". 5 September 2020.

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