Kumbhariya, Banaskantha district
Kumbhariya | |
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village | |
UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
PIN | 385110 |
Vehicle registration | GJ |
Distance from Palanpur | 101 kilometres (63 mi) |
Distance from Ahmedabad | 130 kilometres (81 mi) |
Website | gujaratindia |
Kumbhariya is a village of
It is notable for five medieval Jain temples, built between 1062 and 1231, similar in design and typical of the Jain Māru-Gurjara architecture style.[3] The Hindu Shiva Kumbheshwar Mahadev Temple is of similar date and style.
Location
It is located at a distance of 1.7 km from Ambaji. Kumbhariya village is located in Taluka, Danta of Banaskantha, North Gujarat, India .
History
It has historical
Demography
As of
Climate
Kumbhariya village enjoys all types of weather. In Summer, it's hot and humid and temperature remains between 26 and 46 °C Degrees with hot winds. In
Economy
The population is largely dependent on marginal work or as agricultural labour with only about 249 were cultivators, who own their farms.[1]
Education
The village Kumbhariya also houses educational institute Shree Ambaji Arts College managed by Shree Arasuri Ambaji Mata Devasthan Trust, Ambaji established in 1991[7]
Higher education
- Shree Ambaji Arts College
Schools
- Carmel English High School
- Adarsh Nivashi Secondary School
- Arasuri Ambaji Sanskrit Pathshala
Temples
Jain temples
The five Jain temples are close together. The
Hindu temple
There are ancient temples dedicated to Amba or Chamunda and Shiva - the temples of Chamunda Mata and Someshwar Mahadev, respectively, near the river stream.[8] The Kumbhariya Mahadev temple is State Protected Monument (S-GJ-11).
Transportation
As Ambaji town is nearest which one and half km away from village Kumbhariya, there is a bus-station at Ambaji of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) connecting to all major cities of India, and a railway station is at Palanpur, Banaskantha district, North Gujarat.
Road
As Ambaji town is nearest which one and half km away from village Kumbhariya, there is a bus-station at Ambaji. Kumbhariya can be reached through Himatnagar road which is connected with National Highway 48 (Mumbai to Delhi). The other road which passes through Palanpur and Danta and connects with State Highway SH 56 to reach Ambaji.
Rail
The nearest railway station of Gujarat is at Palanpur Junction which comes under the administrative control of Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It has direct rail links on the broad gauge to the cities of Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Mysore, Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Delhi, Dehradun, Muzaffarpur, Bareilly and Jammu. It is connected to most of the cities and towns in Gujarat such as Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Bhuj, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Porbandar. Indian Railways' proposal to double the broad gauge line between Palanpur and Samakhiali has received government backing.[citation needed] The doubling will benefit the districts of Kutch, Patan and Banaskantha in the state of Gujarat. The other way of nearest Railway station is at Abu Road which is 22 km away from Ambaji.
Air
As Ambaji town is nearest which one and half km away from village Kumbhariya. The nearest Airport is the Deesa Airport (also spelled Disa Airport), an airport in Deesa, Gujarat but this airport is not working nowadays, originally built for Palanpur.[9] it is just 82 km from Palanpur city. The nearest International Airport is
Surrounding cites
References
- ^ a b c d "Census of India: Kumbhariya". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "52nd Report Of The Commissioner For Linguistic Minorities In India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 94. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ a b Michell, 296-297
- ^ .Jain Temple in Kumbhariya, Ambaji Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jain Heritage centre at village Kumbhariya, Near Ambaji Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine .
- ISBN 9788178353890. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ .Education Institution Shree Ambaji Arts College in village Kumbhariya, Ambaji
- ^ "Kumbhariya, Taranga hills, North Gujarat, Tourism Hubs, Gujarat, India". www.gujarattourism.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ "Helipad in every taluka headquaters [sic]". The Times of India. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
Sources
- Michell, George (1990), The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India, Volume 1: Buddhist, Jain, Hindu, 1990, Penguin Books, ISBN 0140081445