Sri Gurusar Modia

Sri Gurusar Modia
Pista Nagari
Village
Country  India
State Rajasthan
District Sri Ganganagar
Founded by Sardar Maghar Singh
Named for M.O.D
Government
 • Type State Government
 • Body Government of India
Language
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 335802
Telephone code 01509
Vehicle registration RJ 13

Gurusar Modia is the northern-most village of the Indian state of Rajasthan situated near borders of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab states and the international border of India and Pakistan. Shri Gurusar Modia is the birthplace of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. It is the administrative headquarters of Ganganagar District.[1] It is named after Maharaja Shri Ganga Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Bikaner, it is also called 'The Punjab of Rajasthan' because of a significant Punjabi population and is known as "the food basket of Rajasthan" and "Green district of Rajasthan".

Religion

Most people practice the Hindu and Sikh religions. People worship folk gods such as Ramdevji and Gogaji. Many have faith in Pirs and Saints and they visit their khanghahs (shrines). Some practise Islam. Some follow Dera-culture, such as Sachcha-Sauda, Radha-Soami and Nirankari deras.

Location and area

Sri Gurusar Modia Sri Ganganagar District is located between Latitude 28.4 to 30.6 and Longitude 72.2 to 75.3[2] The total area of Sri Ganganagar is 11,154.66 km² or 1,115,466 hectares. It is surrounded on the east by Hanumangarh District, (Hanumangarh district was carved out of it on 12 July 1994) on the south by Bikaner District, and on the west by Bahawalnagar district of the Pakistani Punjab and on the north by the Punjab.

By Air

Nearest airports are Amritsar which is approachable by road 271 km, by rail 360 km, Jaipur, Delhi, Chandigarh.

By Rail

Sri Ganganagar is well connected by railways to Delhi 424, Rewari 427, Kalka 397, Howrah 1980, Bathinda 127, Haridwar 485, Nanded 1963, Firozpur 184 Suratgarh 60 km etc. Track between Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh 67 km is being converted into broad gauge. This work will get completed in March 2013. and the train will starts in May 2013. this track will connect Sri Ganganagar To Bikaner, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Surat, Mumbai and the progress in train services will be affect the population of District headquarters very soon. Yard remodeling and Washing line, sick line and washable apron are main work and a new Electric sub station has been constructed near Aazad cinema fatak.

By Road

National Highway No-15 is running from Sriganganagar to Sanchore, which is well linked with all the major areas of Sriganganagar. Many roadways and private buses are frequently available to major cities of north India like Delhi 431 km, Jaipur 501 km, Ajmer, Udaipur, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Jodhpur 500 km, Kota, Haryana, Punjab. It is well connected to Mumbai 1472 km by road.

Climate

The climate of Sri Gurusar Modia varies to extreme limits. Summer temperature reaches 50° Celsius and winter temperature dips just around 0° Celsius.[3] The average annual rainfall is only 200 mm (7.9 in).[4] Average maximum temperature in summer is 41.2 °C and average minimum temperature in winter is 6 °C.

Education

The village has been a center of learning since its early ages. This city has a large proportion of land which is dedicated to educational institutes. Notable educational institutions from the city include:

Colleges

Languages

The main languages in the area are Bagri a dialect of Rajasthani, Punjabi and Hindi as well. Majority of people in the district speaks Bagri, Punjabi. Hindi and English are official languages. [5] The Punjabi language, as an optional subject, is taught in schools and colleges of the city. Punjabi music is very popular in the Sri Ganganagar. The impact of the Saraiki dialect can be observed in Arora, Raisikhs and Saraiki Muslim communities. Now this dialect, Saraiki is losing ground in the northern part of the district. Bagri is spoken only in Ganganagar and Hanumangarh districts and in some tehsils of neighbouring Punjab and Haryana.

A number of writers of the district have made contributions to Rajasthani literature, through Bagri.[6]

Culture

Rural kutcha homes with folk art can be seen in some remote villages, but this art is losing ground.

Punjabi and Bagri cultures dominate the district.

Such scenes are common in some southern villages.

The embroidered Odhni (mostly red in colour) is a symbol of Bagri women. A long shirt and ghaghro (long frock type clothes) and borlo (a head ornament) is the traditional dress of Bagri women.

Punjabi women wear a suit and salwar with chunni (cloth on head). This attire has also become popular with women of other communities. Some women of the Hindu and Muslim Seraiki people still wear ghaggra (long frock).

The Purdah (or veil) is mainly in vogue among Bagri women. Men mainly wear a pant-shirt, kurta-payjama and dhoti (Punjabis call it the chadara-kurta).§

Traditional Sikh and Rajasthani devotional music is popular. Bollywood songs are listened to with same enthusiasm as in other northern Indian regions.

Tehsils and other towns

Map showing nine tehsils of Sriganganagar District, click this image for large map.

Shri Gurusar Modia tehsil

  1. Suratgarh

Other major towns in villages

References

  1. ↑ http://www.myganganagar.com
  2. ↑ http://ganganagar.nic.in/
  3. ↑ "Temperature Regimes". Water Resource Department - Government Of Rajasthan. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  4. ↑ INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPT
  5. ↑ 16 May The Times Of India
  6. ↑ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bagri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

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