Harnawa
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Harnawa is a village in Parbatsar
tehsil of Nagaur district
in the India
n state
of Rajasthan
.
The village situated midway between Degana
railway station and Parbatsar
towns.
It is known as birth place of Ranabai
(Devanagari
: रानाबाई, IAST
: Rānābāī), popularly known as Vīrānganā Rānābāī (वीराँगना रानाबाई), who was a revered Jat warrior
girl, born on 1543 AD, in the family of Chaudhari Jalam Singh. Jalam Singh was a Hindu Jat chieftain of Ghana gotra (clan).
From Jaipur
, Harnawa can be reached via Kishangarh
.
, Harnawa had a population of 5,034. Males constitute 2527 of the population and females 2507.
Harnawa's population comprises about 1100 families, out of them 300 are Rajputs Rathore
((Mertiya Rathore)),300 are Jats, Brahmans (60), Kumhars (50),Harijan (30), Mahajans (15) (Oswals and Maheshwaris).
Ranabai's brother Bhuwanji built a kachchi Samadhi after she left the world. The Samadhi is still present near the temple of Gopinath
in Harnawa. The worship of Samadhi and the Gopinath temple is done traditionally by the descendants of her family.
On the samadhi site at Harnawa village there is an annual grand fair organized every year on the Hindu calendar date Bhadva sudi teras, when devotees come from far off places. There is a grand Dharamshala near the Samadhi site in Harnawa for stay arrangements of the devotees.
It is A Historical Place of Rajasthan.
Parbatsar
Parbatsar is a city and a municipality in Nagaur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.-Demographics: India census, Parbatsar had a population of 80,000. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Parbatsar has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of...
tehsil of Nagaur district
Nagaur District
Nagaur District is one of the 33 districts of the state of Rajasthan in western India.Area of the district is 17,718 km2. The city of Nagaur is the district headquarters.- Geography :...
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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...
.
The village situated midway between Degana
Degana
Degana is a town and surrounding tehsil located in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan, India. The town is situated roughly southeast of 90 km from Nagaur, at a junction of State Highways 59 and 60...
railway station and Parbatsar
Parbatsar
Parbatsar is a city and a municipality in Nagaur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.-Demographics: India census, Parbatsar had a population of 80,000. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Parbatsar has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of...
towns.
It is known as birth place of Ranabai
Ranabai
Ranabai , popularly known as Vīrānganā Rānābāī , was a Jat warrior girl and a Hindu mystical poetess whose compositions are popular throughout Marwar region of Rajasthan, India. She was granddaughter of Jalam Singh of village Harnawa in Parbatsar pargana of Marwar...
(Devanagari
Devanagari
Devanagari |deva]]" and "nāgarī" ), also called Nagari , is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal...
: रानाबाई, IAST
IAST
The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration is a transliteration scheme that allows a lossless romanization of Indic scripts as employed by the Sanskrit language.-Popularity:...
: Rānābāī), popularly known as Vīrānganā Rānābāī (वीराँगना रानाबाई), who was a revered Jat warrior
Warrior
A warrior is a person skilled in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based society that recognizes a separate warrior class.-Warrior classes in tribal culture:...
girl, born on 1543 AD, in the family of Chaudhari Jalam Singh. Jalam Singh was a Hindu Jat chieftain of Ghana gotra (clan).
How to reach Harnawa
Harnawa can be reached from Parbatsar - Piplod - Bagot - Chitai - Gular - Harnawa. One can also come from Merta City - Bherunda - Hansor - Bakri - Harnawa.From Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
, Harnawa can be reached via Kishangarh
Kishangarh
Kishangarh is a city and a municipality in Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It lies 18 miles north-west of Ajmer. It is well connected via Indian Railways and National Highway #8. It is the birth place of the Kishangarh style of painting, which is known for the beautiful depiction...
.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Harnawa had a population of 5,034. Males constitute 2527 of the population and females 2507.
Harnawa's population comprises about 1100 families, out of them 300 are Rajputs Rathore
Rathore
The Rathore is a Suryavanshi Rajput clan same caste as Lohana. Their Kuldevi is Nagnechiya Mata and "Karani Mata". Rathores are originally from Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh. Rathores are historically considered the samurais of India...
((Mertiya Rathore)),300 are Jats, Brahmans (60), Kumhars (50),Harijan (30), Mahajans (15) (Oswals and Maheshwaris).
Samadhi of Ranabai
Ranabai took a live Samadhi at village Harnawa on Falgun shukla trayodashi Samvat 1627 (1570 AD).Ranabai's brother Bhuwanji built a kachchi Samadhi after she left the world. The Samadhi is still present near the temple of Gopinath
Gopinath
Gopinath is a form of the Hindu god Krishna. He is also known as Gopinathji or Gopinathji Maharaj. Gopinath is associated with gopis who Krishna grew up with....
in Harnawa. The worship of Samadhi and the Gopinath temple is done traditionally by the descendants of her family.
On the samadhi site at Harnawa village there is an annual grand fair organized every year on the Hindu calendar date Bhadva sudi teras, when devotees come from far off places. There is a grand Dharamshala near the Samadhi site in Harnawa for stay arrangements of the devotees.
It is A Historical Place of Rajasthan.