Sardarshahar
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Sardarshahar is a town in the Churu
district of Rajasthan
in Rajasthan and it is situated 250 km from Jaipur
Via Sikar
, Ratangarh
47 kilometers from Ratangarh
. Also it is about 137 km from Bikaner.
The Terapanthi Swetamber Oswal
Jain merchant community mostly inhabits the town situated in the Thar Desert
. It has elegant haveli
s adorned with colourful fresco
paintings and carved woodwork. It also has a small fort that now houses the government offices.
Prince Abhimanyu developed the local ghantaghar
,Clock Tower. He donated his entire wealth and the whole of his life to create it.
district.
The IASE D University is a constituent of Gandhi Vidya Mandir (GVM). The foundation stone of the 1200 acres (4.9 km²) campus university was laid in 1955 by the first President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad. It has over 10,000 students from KG to PG and Ph.D. levels of multi-faculty education.And S.B.D Govt. College it has over 2,000 studens from U.G , P.G Coirses of best faculity education. Javahar Navoday Vidyalaya of churu district is also located in Sardarshahar. Bal Mandir Senior Secondary School is a pioneering institute in field of quality education, sprawling over a big campus in the heart of the town .Other important educational institutes are Seth Sampatmal Dugar Sen. Sec. School,Balika Vidhyalaya,Shri Bhartiya Aadarsh Vidhyapeeth,Mittal Girls College,Govt. Senior Sec. School , Meera Niketan,Oxford Public School, Krishna Public School etc.
. The Haveli of Amar Chand Jammer is a big mansion with two storeys and has quite a few exquisite friezes on the walls of the forecourt.
There is also a haveli of sampat mal gadiya which has some beautiful paintings which is also a tourist spot in sardarshahr, and a haveli of mangatmal ridhkaran dugar which has a room whose walls are painted with real gold and it was also included in the visitor's directory of sardarshahar.
1-Iccha Puran Balaji Temple (Temple dedicated to Monkey God Hanuman, collocial Balaji) located on sardarshahr - Ratangarh highway
2-Shani dev temple ( maintained by Panchiram pincha charitable trust ) located at pincha ka baas,meena ka kunva
3-Sadana Thikana- Lecture hall cum Meditation center of Jain oswal community
Churu
Churu is a town in the desert region of Rajasthan state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Churu District. It lies in the Thar Desert on the National Highway-65 connecting Pali to Ambala and is a junction station on the railway line to Bikaner...
district of Rajasthan
Location
Sardarshahar is a town and also Tehsil of district ChuruChuru
Churu is a town in the desert region of Rajasthan state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Churu District. It lies in the Thar Desert on the National Highway-65 connecting Pali to Ambala and is a junction station on the railway line to Bikaner...
in Rajasthan and it is situated 250 km 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....
Via Sikar
Sikar
Sikar is a city located in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan state in India. It is the administrative headquarter of Sikar District. Sikar is a historical city and contains many old Havelis which are a huge tourist attraction. The best way to reach the city is to use road transport from Jaipur...
, Ratangarh
Ratangarh
Ratangarh is a town in the Churu district in Rajasthan, India. Ratangarh was previously called Kolasar. It is famous for grand havelis with frescoes, which is an architectural speciality of the Shekhawati region...
47 kilometers from Ratangarh
Ratangarh
Ratangarh is a town in the Churu district in Rajasthan, India. Ratangarh was previously called Kolasar. It is famous for grand havelis with frescoes, which is an architectural speciality of the Shekhawati region...
. Also it is about 137 km from Bikaner.
History
The name Sardarshahar is due to Prince Sardar Singh who was the first king of Sardarshahar.The Terapanthi Swetamber Oswal
Oswal
The Oswal are a social group of people from the Indian States of Rajasthan and Punjab. Oswals are primarily adherents of Svetambara Jainism, but a few are Digambaras and some are Hindu adherents of Vaishnavism....
Jain merchant community mostly inhabits the town situated in the Thar Desert
Thar Desert
The Thar Desert |Punjab]] province. The Cholistan Desert adjoins the Thar desert spreading into Pakistani Punjab province.-Location and description:...
. It has elegant haveli
Haveli
Haveli is the term used for a private mansion in India and Pakistan. The word haveli is derived from the Persian word hawli, meaning "an enclosed place"...
s adorned with colourful fresco
Fresco
Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
paintings and carved woodwork. It also has a small fort that now houses the government offices.
Prince Abhimanyu developed the local ghantaghar
Ghanta Ghar
Ghanta Ghar literally means Hour House as Clock House or Clock Tower. There are several Ghanta Ghars in Pakistan and Nepal.* Ghanta Ghar in Karachi, Sindh* Ghanta Ghar in Multan, Punjab* Ghanta Ghar in Peshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa...
,Clock Tower. He donated his entire wealth and the whole of his life to create it.
Education
Sardarshahar has become an education hub in the churuChuru
Churu is a town in the desert region of Rajasthan state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Churu District. It lies in the Thar Desert on the National Highway-65 connecting Pali to Ambala and is a junction station on the railway line to Bikaner...
district.
The IASE D University is a constituent of Gandhi Vidya Mandir (GVM). The foundation stone of the 1200 acres (4.9 km²) campus university was laid in 1955 by the first President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad. It has over 10,000 students from KG to PG and Ph.D. levels of multi-faculty education.And S.B.D Govt. College it has over 2,000 studens from U.G , P.G Coirses of best faculity education. Javahar Navoday Vidyalaya of churu district is also located in Sardarshahar. Bal Mandir Senior Secondary School is a pioneering institute in field of quality education, sprawling over a big campus in the heart of the town .Other important educational institutes are Seth Sampatmal Dugar Sen. Sec. School,Balika Vidhyalaya,Shri Bhartiya Aadarsh Vidhyapeeth,Mittal Girls College,Govt. Senior Sec. School , Meera Niketan,Oxford Public School, Krishna Public School etc.
Havelis
Jammer Haveli’s east wall of the mansion has a frieze depicting the story of Pabuji, the hero who introduced camel into Rajasthan. The Jammer Haveli has some nice paintings from c.1900 that depict scenes from the MahabharataMahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
. The Haveli of Amar Chand Jammer is a big mansion with two storeys and has quite a few exquisite friezes on the walls of the forecourt.
There is also a haveli of sampat mal gadiya which has some beautiful paintings which is also a tourist spot in sardarshahr, and a haveli of mangatmal ridhkaran dugar which has a room whose walls are painted with real gold and it was also included in the visitor's directory of sardarshahar.
Temples
There are several temples among them1-Iccha Puran Balaji Temple (Temple dedicated to Monkey God Hanuman, collocial Balaji) located on sardarshahr - Ratangarh highway
2-Shani dev temple ( maintained by Panchiram pincha charitable trust ) located at pincha ka baas,meena ka kunva
3-Sadana Thikana- Lecture hall cum Meditation center of Jain oswal community