Sankhwali
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Sankhwali is a village in the Ahore tehsil of Jalore district of India
n state Rajasthan
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Mithari
river, the tributary river of Luni
vanishes near this village after entering the Jalore district from Pali district
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after eloping with Lord Krishna
's sister Subhadra
from Dwarika got married here in a nearby village Bhadrajun
with the help of a priest (a local brahimn). In exchange for his services, Arjuna gave his conch shell (Shankh) to the brahimn and Subhadra gave him her earring (bali). Hence brahman's this village was thereafter known as Sankhvali. A small temple was erected there and Devi Subhadra is being worshipped as "Dhumda Mata". &
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 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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Mithari
Mithari
Mithari is a river in Pali district originates from Aravalli Range in Pali district only. It vanishes in Jalore district near Sankhwali village. Bali, India and Falna comes in its basin. Temple Nimbeshwar is on the bank of Mithri river only....
river, the tributary river of Luni
Luni
Luni can refer to:* Luni, Italy, a town in Liguria* Luni, Pakistan, village in Pakistan* Luni, Rajasthan, village in Rajasthan, India* Luni River, in Rajasthan, India* Luni Coleone, a rapper from California...
vanishes near this village after entering the Jalore district from Pali district
Pali district
Pali District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The town of Pali is the district headquarters.-History:...
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History
It is an ancient village, inhabited about more than 5,000 years ago. ArjunArjuna
Arjuna in Indian mythology is the greatest warrior on earth and is one of the Pandavas, the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. Arjuna, whose name means 'bright', 'shining', 'white' or 'silver' Arjuna (Devanagari: अर्जुन, Thai: อรชุน, Orachun, Tamil: Arjunan, Indonesian and Javanese: Harjuna,...
after eloping with Lord Krishna
Krishna
Krishna is a central figure of Hinduism and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Bhagavad Gita. He is the supreme Being and considered in some monotheistic traditions as an Avatar of Vishnu...
's sister Subhadra
Subhadra
Image:Jagannath, Baladev and Subadra in Radhadesh.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=|Subhadra, flanked by her brothers Balarama and Jagannatha . Deities of the Radhadesh temple in Belgium...
from Dwarika got married here in a nearby village Bhadrajun
Bhadrajun
Bhadrajun, is a village in the Jalore district of the western part of Rajasthan, India, dating back to ancient times of the Mahabharata epic. However, in recent centuries, it was the scene of warfare between the rulers of the Marwar dynasty and of the Mughal Empire.In the 16th century, a fort known...
with the help of a priest (a local brahimn). In exchange for his services, Arjuna gave his conch shell (Shankh) to the brahimn and Subhadra gave him her earring (bali). Hence brahman's this village was thereafter known as Sankhvali. A small temple was erected there and Devi Subhadra is being worshipped as "Dhumda Mata". &