Rajasthan-Barmer

Barmer Fort

About

 Barmer (Hindi: बाड़मेर) is the district headquarter of the Barmer district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is a city Gorup 'C' city as per living standard, and the headquarters for Barmer Taluka.

Barmer is beautiful and livelihood place having a great cool night here. The city is having a goddess temple ( Jagatambe MAA)at mountain having hight of approx 450 Feet and built around 500 years ago. The city is fully covered with the Jain Temples at different place. The oldest Jain temple of City known as "चिंतामणि पार्श्वनाथ" "Chintamani Parshvanath" built by Shri Nemaji Jivaji Bohra in 16th Century is located at mountain Hill at a hight of 150Feet. The temple is well furnished with Glass work and image is said to be identical with the "Gaudi Parsvanath"( can be compared with jain temple in Mumbai)

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• Religus: True
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Other

 In the NorthWest there is beautiful old ruin temple of Lord Shiva in Keradu pr Kherdhar or Keralu which might have constructed before 6th century at the time of "Parmar" Dynasty. There are 4-5 Big Temple structure of Golden colour and a Sun Temple. The temple is well entitled as "Khajuraoh of Rajasthan". The design of the temple are identicle to the Khajuraoh Temple and Sun Temple at Orrisa. The temple is ruin and with lack of images of God and Goddess. The Keradu was earlier Headquarter of Barmer and it was attacked by Mohammad Gauri in 1140AD who had destroyed the temple structure and its images.

Balark Temple barmer

About

 Placed at a distance of 42 Km from Barmer town, Balark Sun Temple is located atop a rocky hillock in Juna Barmer. The temple is located near the ruins of an old fort, which is spread over an area of around 15 sq km and is surrounded by the remnants of Juna Barmer. Surrounded by hills and a lake, the temple offers a pleasing sight to the visitors.

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• Religus: True
• Honeymoon: False
• SeeBeach: False

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 This temple is dedicated to the Sun God. In fact, the very name Balark means Rising Sun. The entrance, decorated with golden coloured statue of Sun God is in itself is a remarkable sight. The other attractions near to the Balark Sun Temple are the Jain Temple, Mahaveer Park, Nakoda Temple, Rani Bhatiani Temple, Chintamani Parasnath Jain Temple, Devka Sun Temple, Juna Jain Temple and Safed Akhara. The Balark Sun Temple is open to all. Devotees, tourists, history buffs, archaeology students and photographers will enjoy a trip to the Balark Sun Temple in Barmer.

Local transportation modes are available to reach the Balark Sun Temple from Barmer. The best season to visit the Balark Sun Temple will be the winter months stretching from November to March.

 

kiradu temple barmer

About

 The Kiradu temples are located at about 35 km from Barmer and 157 km from Jaisalmer in a town situated in Thar desert in the Indian state of Rajasthan.There are five temples in all and most remarkable of them is Someshvara Temple .These temples feature impressive sculpture and a Solanki style of architecture.

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• Religus: True
• Honeymoon: False
• SeeBeach: False

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 Kiradu was originally known as Kiradkot. It was ruled by the Kirad clan of Rajputs between the 6th and 8th centuries. In the early period they had been feudal subordinates of the Chalukya of Gujarat and hence the latter's influence is seen in the temples.

 

Traces of the Gupta period are found in the older Bhagwan Shiva temples.

 

A sad story is told of the decline of this place. An ancient sage left behind his disciple to the care of the people of Kiradu, but except for a potter's wife no one carried out the sage's wish. The saint cursed the town but told the potter's wife beforehand to leave and never turn back.

 

Out of curiosity she turned to take one last look at her hometown and was instantly turned to stone. Her statue is still visible in the outskirts of the town.