Amet
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Amet is a city and a municipality
in Rajsamand district in the India
n state
of Rajasthan
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Its historically famous for various reasons. One of them is Veer Patta the great king (under Mewar)of Amet who fought bravely against Muslims with the then Maharana of Mewar Udai singh who founded Udaipur city famously known as "city of lakes". The great Maharana Pratap was son of Udai Singh.
Myth:
As per one Ancient Story 2000 years ago King "Jai Singh was ruling on this place.Every early morning he used to go to Charbhuja temple for worshipping lord Shyam.It was continued till he got old enough to walk also.At that time a river called the "Gomati" was flowing on the way to the temple.On one rainy day when Gomati was overfolwing,king Jai Singh could not go to the temple. Another morning he dreamt that he heard the voice of Lord Shyam and they promised him to come his place so that he can worship without any troulbe.Another early morning when King Jai Singh got up and came out from his house,he saw the statue of lord Shyam was appearing from the ground and stopped when half of the statue came out of the ground.King jai Shingh remembered the dream and he dug out the statue of lord and built the "Temple Of Shri Jai Singh Shyam".At this time "mr.rajendra kumar sharma" is one of the best preist (pujari ji) of Jai Singh Shyam Mandir amet.He is famous for doing many type of makeup(shringar)on shri.jai singh shyam ji and he is famous for doing unique designing on temple.He Make This Temple Like Hevan.
Also Asharam ji ashram is near to the temple.
Amet is also famous for temple of lord Jaisingh Shyam ji in the heart of Amet.
Wadli wavli is also good place where the temples of lord Shanker and hanumanji are situated.
, Amet had a population of 16,669. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Amet has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Rajsamand district in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
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History
Old name : AmbapurIts historically famous for various reasons. One of them is Veer Patta the great king (under Mewar)of Amet who fought bravely against Muslims with the then Maharana of Mewar Udai singh who founded Udaipur city famously known as "city of lakes". The great Maharana Pratap was son of Udai Singh.
Myth:
As per one Ancient Story 2000 years ago King "Jai Singh was ruling on this place.Every early morning he used to go to Charbhuja temple for worshipping lord Shyam.It was continued till he got old enough to walk also.At that time a river called the "Gomati" was flowing on the way to the temple.On one rainy day when Gomati was overfolwing,king Jai Singh could not go to the temple. Another morning he dreamt that he heard the voice of Lord Shyam and they promised him to come his place so that he can worship without any troulbe.Another early morning when King Jai Singh got up and came out from his house,he saw the statue of lord Shyam was appearing from the ground and stopped when half of the statue came out of the ground.King jai Shingh remembered the dream and he dug out the statue of lord and built the "Temple Of Shri Jai Singh Shyam".At this time "mr.rajendra kumar sharma" is one of the best preist (pujari ji) of Jai Singh Shyam Mandir amet.He is famous for doing many type of makeup(shringar)on shri.jai singh shyam ji and he is famous for doing unique designing on temple.He Make This Temple Like Hevan.
Tourist places
Vevar Mahadev, the temple of Shiva is very famous tourist place of Amet. It is situated near bank of the river "Chandrabhaga" and surrounded by Aravali hills and great amount of greenary makes a perfect place for all those who wants to go near to nature and peace.Also Asharam ji ashram is near to the temple.
Amet is also famous for temple of lord Jaisingh Shyam ji in the heart of Amet.
Wadli wavli is also good place where the temples of lord Shanker and hanumanji are situated.
Social activities
Amet is also active when it comes to social activities. various social organizations are working here mainiy RSS(Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh),which is not only largest volunteer organization in the world and also famous for helping society to unite and help each other in times of crisis be it earthquake in Gujrat, or tsunami on southern corner of India.amet has an active NGO called Navjeevan Seva sansthan working for education awareness in and around amet.Demographics
India censusCensus
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, Amet had a population of 16,669. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Amet has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Overview
Amet is one of the Indian cities which has a Martian crater named after it. The other cities/towns are BhorBhor
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, Broach
Broach
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, Kakori
Kakori
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, Poona (Pune
Pune
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), Rayadurg
Rayadurg
Rayadurg is a taluk headquarters and municipality in Anantapur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.-Demographics:...
, Sandila
Sandila
Sandila is a city and a municipal board in Hardoi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-History:Nothing much is known about the ancient history of Sandila. According to folk sayings, it was a forested area, believed to be the worship land of legendary sage Shandilya...
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