Kumbhariya, Banaskantha district

Kumbhariya
village
Kumbhariya Kumbhariya Location in Gujarat, India
Coordinates: 24°19′31″N 72°51′44″E / 24.325361°N 72.862334°ECoordinates: 24°19′31″N 72°51′44″E / 24.325361°N 72.862334°E
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District	Banaskantha district
Panchayat	Gram Panchayat
Founded by	Rana Kumbha
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi,Marwadi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	385110
Vehicle registration	GJ
Distance from Palanpur	101 kilometres (63 mi)
Distance from Ahmedabad	130 kilometres (81 mi)
Website	gujaratindia.com

Kumbhariya is a village of historical, archeological and religious importance with cultural heritage in Danta Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India.^[1] It is a historical place associated with Jain temple.

Location

It is located at a distance of 1.7 km from Ambaji. Kumbhariya village is located in Taluka , Danta of Banaskantha, North Gujarat, India .

History

One and a half kilometers away from Ambaji Temple Town. The nearest railway station is the Abu Road about 24 Kilometer and the nearest bus stand 1.7 Kilometer of the Ambaji. It has historical Jain temple of Shri Neminatha Bhagwan which dates back to 13th century.^[2] The Kumbhariya Jain temple of Shri Neminatha Bhagwan is now heritage center in Gujarat.^[3] The area was earlier known by name of Arasur and the village is said to have been founded and named after Rana Kumbha of Mewar in 15th century.^[4]

Demography

It is small village located with total 671 families residing. The Kumbhariya village has population of 3482 of which 1772 are males while 1710 are females as per Population Census 2011.^[1] Most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 53.10% while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.86% of total population in Kumbhariya village.^[1]

Climate

Kumbhariya village enjoys all types of weather. In Summer, it's hot and humid and temperature remains between 26-46 °C Degrees with hot winds. In Winter, the temperature ranges between 10 and 36 degrees Celsius during this period, which is quite cold and best time and in Monsoon Season, the average rainfall is about 15 to 30 inches per season, sometimes even heavy rainfall. Kumbhariya village because of Ambaji is at Altitude: 480 m . Therefore, weather remains relatively pleasant through out the year.

Economy

The population is largely dependent on marginal work or as agricultural labor with only about 249 were cultivators, who own their farms.^[1]

Education

The village Kumbhariya also houses educational institute Shree Ambaji Arts College managed by Shree Arasuri Ambaji Mata Devasthan Trust, Ambaji established in 1991 ^[5]

Higher education

• Shree Ambaji Arts College

Schools

• Carmel English High School
• Adarsh Nivashi Secondary School
• Arasuri Ambaji Sanskrit Pathshala

Temples

Kumbhariyaji Jain temple

On a stream near the Amba Bhavani shrine, has fine white marble temples of Neminath, the twenty-second Jain Tirthankara. They are said to be the remains of a group of 360 temples built by Vimalsha in year 1032. Of the destruction of the other buildings the story is that, though he owed her his riches, when Amba Bhavani asked who had helped him to build the temples, Vimalsha thrice answered, 'My spiritual guide'. Enraged at his ungratefulness the goddess ordered him to fly for his life. Seeking shelter in the crypt of one of the temples, he came out unhurt on mount Abu. But of his 360 temples all but five were destroyed. The only guide to the probable age of the temples are two writings. One of 1223 (1279 V.S.), on a memorial stone close by, states that Shri Dharavarshdev the lord of Arbuda, the thorn to all petty rulers under the sun, built a well in the city of Arsanpur. The other, in the temple of Neminath, dated 1249, records additions to the buildings made by Brahmadev, the son of Chahad, the minister of Solanki king Kumarpal (1143-1174).^[4][6]

Hindu temple

There are ancient temples dedicated to Amba or Chamunda and Shiva - the temples of Chamunda Mata and Someshwar Mahadev, respectively, near the river stream.^[7]

Transportation

As Ambaji town is nearest which one and half km away from village Kumbhariya, there is a bus-station at Ambaji of Gujarat State Transport (GSRTC) connecting to all major cities of India, and a railway station is at Palanpur, Banaskantha district, North Gujarat.

Road

As Ambaji town is nearest which one and half km away from village Kumbhariya, there is a bus-station at Ambaji. Kumbhariya can be reached through Himatnagar road which is connected with National Highway No.8 (Mumbai to Delhi).The other road which Passes through Palanpur and Danta and connects with State Highway SH 56 to reach Ambaji.

Rail

The nearest Railway station of Gujarat is at Palanpur Junction which comes under the administrative control of Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It has direct rail links on the broad gauge to the cities of Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Mysore, Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Delhi, Dehradun, Muzaffarpur, Bareilly and Jammu. It is connected to most of the cities and towns in Gujarat such as Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodra, Bhuj, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Porbandar. Indian Railways' proposal to double the broad gauge line between Palanpur and Samakhiali has received government backing.The doubling will benefit the districts of Kutch, Patan and Banaskantha in the state of Gujarat. The other way of nearest Railway station is at Abu Road which is 22 km away from Ambaji.

Air

As Ambaji town is nearest which one and half km away from village Kumbhariya. The nearest Airport is the Deesa Airport (also spelled Disa Airport), an airport in Deesa, Gujarat but this airport is not working nowadays,originally built for Palanpur.^[8] it is just 82 km from Palanpur city. The nearest International Airport is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahemdabad which is 179 km far from Ambaji Temple Town.

Surrounding cites

References

1. "Kumbhariya Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat". State Census 2001.
2. .Jain Temple in Kumbhariya, Ambaji
3. Jain Heritage centre at village Kumbhariya, Near Ambaji .
4. Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: In 36 ..., Volume 33 edited by Shankarlal C. Bhatt. 2006. p. 142. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
5. .Education Institution Shree Ambaji Arts College in village Kumbhariya, Ambaji
6. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Pálanpur, and Mahi Kántha (Public Domain text). Government Central Press. 1880. p. 438.
7. Gujarat Tourism - Kumbhariya
8. "Helipad in every taluka headquaters". The Times of India. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.