Bhilwara
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Bhilwara is the city in Mewar
region of Rajasthan
, India
. The Cloth & Industrial city has its own uniqueness which makes it as a special district in Rajasthan.
Bhilwara "The City of Cloth Culture & Calmness"
was going to Dwarika with all Gopis during Mahabharata period. He was passing through the present Bhilwara region. There was a war of Arjuna
& Bhil
s. Local tradition reveals that it came to be known as Bhilwara because it was mostly inhabited by Bhil
tribes in old days. These Bhils were eventually driven away towards the hilly tracts and interior places of less importance by the ancestors of the peasant settlers. It is said to have come up in the middle of the 11th century when a Bhil tribal, supposedly one of the first settlers, built a shiva
temple on the site of the existing "Bada Mandir" or "Jataun ka Mandir". This is in the area called Purana Bhilwara, the oldest part of the town. If we are to believe this, the town is more than 900 years old. Ironically enough, now very few Bhils live in this area. Another version recounts that the present Bhilwara city had a mint where coins known as 'BHILADI' were minted and from this denomination was derived the name of the district. A town nearby the city named "Mandal" is assumed to be the base of the Mughals when they attacked Chittor Garh, the moughal forces camped near the "talab" of the town of Mandal
, ruins of the camp can still be seen there. A tower served as light house was also built on a small hill in Mandal, know known as "Mandara (minar)" this small hill also houses a devi temple. Bhilwara's history can be back to prehistoric period when neolithic culture was flourishing at Bagore village. A pillar said to be of first century BC at Nandsa village is evidence of Vedic
rituals and culture. Classical 'Nagar
' style of temple architect can be seen at temples of Menaal (Mahanaleshwer), Gurlan
, Gadarmala
, Momi, Kanpura and Mandalgarh
places. Another notable landmark is the Badnore Fort located some 70 km from Bhilwara. It is a seven storeys fort on the top of a hill & built in medieval Indian Military style of architecture. Bhilwara is also known as "the city of Cloth".
The city also has religious importance. The NIRGUNA Ramsnehi Samrday was founded here by saint Ram Charanji Maharaj in 1779 AD. There is a famous Ramdwara in the city, which is also housing Ram Snehi Hospital in its campus. The other important place (Ram Niwas Dham) of the samrday is located 50 Kms away in the town of Shahpura, where every year on the eve of Holi a 5 days celebration takes place.
There is not any natural lake in the district but there are number of ponds and dams so the district is the most irrigated in the state of Rajasthan.
, Bhilwara had a population of 20,09,516. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. There was a question in Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), whose answer was "Bhilwara has the Highest no. of registered private motor vehicles (four wheelers) in Asia" .i.e. Per capita density of regd. private four wheelers is highest in Asia. This also is indicative of density of millionaire is highest in Asia. This city is running with the blessings of all religions.
Bhilwara is 7th largest city of Rajasthan.
It comes third in "Chartered Accountancy Examination" results after Mumbai and Jodhpur.
Only Textile Engineering College of Rajasthan is in Bhilwara.
s, with more than 4000 manufacturing units in the town. There is also a huge cloth market. The main textile product is synthetic fabric used in trousers. It began with a spinning and knitting company named mewar textile mills, owned by Industrialist Shri Sampatmal Lodha, started in year 1938. Thereafter Shri Laxmi niwas Jhunjhunwala started his first unit for synthetic textile in the year 1961 at Bhilwara. Then many other units came up, and now the city boasts of having production of around a billion meters p.a. of trouser fabric.
Bhilwara is one of the major textile centres of the country. It is prominent in the manufacture of P/V blended yarn and suiting. The turnover of the textile industry is more than Rs. 10,000 crore p.a. It has 9 major spinning mills and 5 small spinning mills. The total spindlage installed at Bhilwara are approx. 4.50 lacs about 40% of the State capacity. It has 18 modern process houses to process polyester/viscose suiting with the capacity of a billion meters of fabric p.a. In the weaving sector it has approx. 13,500 looms out of which about 9000 are modern shuttleless looms. Exports of textiles from the district is of more than Rs. 2750 crore p.a.
It is the only center in the country producing insulation bricks. There are about 25 units. In the mining sector there is large scale mining of sandstone, which is also exported. The other major mining activity is in soap stone mining, the talcum powder manufactured by UMDS and other Minerals like Feldspar, Quartz, China Clay by ABC Limitless Holdings is supplied to all major manufacturing units.
The growth rate of Bhilwara is very high in rajasthan. Some readymade garments showroom with good quality of products are Vardhaman Vastralay, Veshbhusha™, Nu-Wave, Lotus. They work on MBO (Multi Brand Outlet) System. Nagori Garden is the main hub for readymade garments.
. Since 2001, Bhilwara city receives water from Kota - Chambal River.
Golden Quardrilateral (Four Lane)
and another National No. 76 part of the East West Corridor (Four Lane)
passes through the district. The total length of both section is 120 km.
South State Highway (Jaipur-Udaipur) passes through the district.
The total road length in the district is 3,883 km as on 31 March 2000.
With a government bus depot in the heart of the city, Bhilwara is connected to all the important cities of Rajasthan and other states.
Many Private Service Providers are also available.
railway line connects Ajmer, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Kota,
Delhi, Bharatpur, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Patna, Kolkata, Chittorgarh, Udaipur City, Mavli Jn.,Ratlam, Vadodara, Surat','Mumbai' and' Hyderabad' passes through the district.
(165 km) takes approx 3 hrs, 30 mins by road and other the nearest airport is at Jaipur
(251 km) takes about 5 hrs by road. International Airport Nearest Jaipur
, New Delhi
, Mumbai
, Ahmedabad
.
, Ajmer
and Udaipur
, which makes the major cities accessile. The four lane highway is part of golden quadrilateral highway project of India and connects Bhilwara with major cities. Bhilwara is connected by Broad gauge railway line network as of July 2007 (Appox.). The city has its own traffic style and parking style. Though the nos of vehicles are too much but there is no jam (a city without traffic lights).
Bhilwara is The city has many other state and national level players, some of them being Mahipal Solanki(BasketBall), Varun Mansinghka(Tennis), Ayush Suriya(Cricket, Harish Suwalka (athletics) and many others.
Institute of Technology and Management is the another engineering college in Bhilwara
and many other facilities are provided too. Urology specialized hospital carries these work properly and systematically.One of the urology specialized hospital is RED CRESCENT URO-SURGICAL HOSPITAL which provides all these facilities with experienced doctor and nursing staff.
The town situated in the South East of Bhilwara. It is close to the borders of the District Bundi. The ancient name of Bijoliya was Vindhyavali. It is walled with two gates (North and South) and picturesquely situated on a plateau called the UPARMAL. Objects of historical interests are three Saivite temples, probably of the tenth century. A reservoir called the Mandakini Baori with steps, five Jain temples dedicated to Parswnath. The remains of a palace and two rock inscriptions deserve mention. The Jain temples, situated about 1.5 km of the south east were built by Mahajan Lala in the time of the Chauhan Raja Someshwar of Ajmer in 1170 AD. One of them is considered scared containing a complete small model of a temple inside. The rock inscriptions are both dated 1170 AD.
Capital of the erstwhile state of Shahpura, the town houses the headquarters of the sub division, tehsil, panchayat samiti of the same name. It is about 58 km from district headquarters. The rulers of the erstwhile chiefship of Shahpura belonged to the Sisodia clan of Rajputs. Shahpura is a place of pilgrimage for the followers of the Ram Snehi's sect. Founded by the Hindus in 1804. They have a shrine in the town known as Ram Dwara. The chief priest of Ram Dwara is the head of the sect. Pilgrims from all over the world visit the shrine throughout the year. Ram Snehi is an Internation Hindu sect. An annual fair Phool Dol Ka Mela is held here on Phagun Sukla 15 (March–April) for five days. About one lakh people attend the fair. It is also famous for PHAD painitings.
The place, situated at a distance of 54 km towards South-East of Bhilwara. It is sub division, tehsil and panchayat samiti of same name. The place is of historical importance because it was the scene of many a fierce battle during the mediaeval times, according to the Muslim historians.
The place was taken twice by Mahmud Khilji of Malwa in the middle of the fifteenth century, and subsequently appears to have belonged alternately to the Ranas of Mewar and the Mughal Emperors. In or about 1650 A.D. Shah Jahan granted it in Jagir to Raja Roop Singh of kishanGarh, who partially built a palace here, but Rana Raj Singh retook it in 1660 AD. Twenty years later captured the palace and in 1700 AD. made it over to Jhujar Singh Chief of Pisangan (now in Ajmer district ) from whom it wasrecovered by Rana Amar Singh in 1706 AD., and it since then remained in the uninterrupted possession of his successors. To the North-West is a fort about half a mile in length with a low rampart wall and bastions encircling the crest of the hill on which it stands. The fort is said to have been constructed by a chief of the Balnote Clan of Rajputs (a branch of Solankis). There is an old temple Jaleshwar by name (1619 v.s.) The fort also houses a temple dedicated to Shiva.
It is situated at about 10 km from bhilwara city. It is famouls for it Udan Chatri, Adhar Shila mahadev where a Big Rock is Balanced on a small one, Kyara ke Balaji: have natural Image of lord Hanuman it is said that its automatically appeared on a rock, along with these it have Patola mahadev and Ghata rani Temple all these places are situated between beautiful hills of Aravali. The Bhilwara Municipal corporation is developing a tourist place at Gata Rani Mandir.
Mandal is around 16 KM from Bhilwara city have the Battis Khambon ki Chhatri. As the name implies this is a handsome chhatri madeup of sandstone have 32 pillars. Some of them have beautiful carving at the base and the upper portion. Within this chatri a huge Shivlingh is Situated.
on the distance of 8 KM from City temple of Lord Shiva under the large Rock is Situated. it have the name Harni on the name of village near it a Nice place for people from the city for outing as it have hills around. on the occasion of Shiv Ratri 3 days fair is held here. near to this Chamunda mata Mandir is there on Hill from where one can have a view of whole city. dadi dham temple is also there on the way
Mewar
Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. It includes the present-day districts of Pratapgarh, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara and some of the part of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The region was for centuries a Rajput kingdom that later...
region of 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...
, India
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...
. The Cloth & Industrial city has its own uniqueness which makes it as a special district in Rajasthan.
Bhilwara "The City of Cloth Culture & Calmness"
History
The Textile City of India has very fine history. When ArjunaArjuna
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,...
was going to Dwarika with all Gopis during Mahabharata period. He was passing through the present Bhilwara region. There was a war of Arjuna
Arjuna
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,...
& Bhil
Bhil
Bhils are primarily an Adivasi people of Central India. Bhils are also settled in the Tharparkar District of Sindh, Pakistan. They speak the Bhil languages, a subgroup of the Western Zone of the Indo-Aryan languages....
s. Local tradition reveals that it came to be known as Bhilwara because it was mostly inhabited by Bhil
Bhil
Bhils are primarily an Adivasi people of Central India. Bhils are also settled in the Tharparkar District of Sindh, Pakistan. They speak the Bhil languages, a subgroup of the Western Zone of the Indo-Aryan languages....
tribes in old days. These Bhils were eventually driven away towards the hilly tracts and interior places of less importance by the ancestors of the peasant settlers. It is said to have come up in the middle of the 11th century when a Bhil tribal, supposedly one of the first settlers, built a shiva
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
temple on the site of the existing "Bada Mandir" or "Jataun ka Mandir". This is in the area called Purana Bhilwara, the oldest part of the town. If we are to believe this, the town is more than 900 years old. Ironically enough, now very few Bhils live in this area. Another version recounts that the present Bhilwara city had a mint where coins known as 'BHILADI' were minted and from this denomination was derived the name of the district. A town nearby the city named "Mandal" is assumed to be the base of the Mughals when they attacked Chittor Garh, the moughal forces camped near the "talab" of the town of Mandal
Mandal
is a town and municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Mandal.The town of Mandal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...
, ruins of the camp can still be seen there. A tower served as light house was also built on a small hill in Mandal, know known as "Mandara (minar)" this small hill also houses a devi temple. Bhilwara's history can be back to prehistoric period when neolithic culture was flourishing at Bagore village. A pillar said to be of first century BC at Nandsa village is evidence of Vedic
Vedic
Vedic may refer to:* the Vedas, the oldest preserved Indic texts** Vedic Sanskrit, the language of these texts** Vedic period, during which these texts were produced** Vedic pantheon of gods mentioned in Vedas/vedic period...
rituals and culture. Classical 'Nagar
Nagar
Nagar can refer to:*-nagar, a term meaning "settlement" in Sanskrit and other Indo-Aryan languages*the Nagar Valley in northern Pakistan**Nagar, Pakistan, a town in northern Pakistan...
' style of temple architect can be seen at temples of Menaal (Mahanaleshwer), Gurlan
Gurlan
Gurlan is a town and seat of Gurlan District in Xorazm Province in Uzbekistan....
, Gadarmala
Gadarmala
Gadarmala , also known as Bhopalgarh, is a taluk in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan.- History :The village is named after the King Bhopal Singh. The king Bhopal Singh was an adopted son of king Kesar Singh...
, Momi, Kanpura and Mandalgarh
Mandalgarh
Mandalgarh is a city and a municipality in Bhilwara district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.-History:The place, situated at a distance of 54 km towards South-East of Bhilwara...
places. Another notable landmark is the Badnore Fort located some 70 km from Bhilwara. It is a seven storeys fort on the top of a hill & built in medieval Indian Military style of architecture. Bhilwara is also known as "the city of Cloth".
The city also has religious importance. The NIRGUNA Ramsnehi Samrday was founded here by saint Ram Charanji Maharaj in 1779 AD. There is a famous Ramdwara in the city, which is also housing Ram Snehi Hospital in its campus. The other important place (Ram Niwas Dham) of the samrday is located 50 Kms away in the town of Shahpura, where every year on the eve of Holi a 5 days celebration takes place.
Location
Bhilwara (biːlˈvɑrə) is located at 25.35°N 74.63°E. It has an average elevation of 421 metres (1381 feet). It falls between the districts of Ajmer (in north) and Chittorgarh and Udaipur (in south). Major rivers flowing through the district are Banas, Bedach, Kothari, Khari, Mansi, Menali, Chandrabhaga and Nagdi.There is not any natural lake in the district but there are number of ponds and dams so the district is the most irrigated in the state of Rajasthan.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Bhilwara had a population of 20,09,516. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. There was a question in Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), whose answer was "Bhilwara has the Highest no. of registered private motor vehicles (four wheelers) in Asia" .i.e. Per capita density of regd. private four wheelers is highest in Asia. This also is indicative of density of millionaire is highest in Asia. This city is running with the blessings of all religions.
Bhilwara is 7th largest city of Rajasthan.
It comes third in "Chartered Accountancy Examination" results after Mumbai and Jodhpur.
Only Textile Engineering College of Rajasthan is in Bhilwara.
Economy
The major industry is textileTextile
A textile or cloth is a flexible woven material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibres of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands...
s, with more than 4000 manufacturing units in the town. There is also a huge cloth market. The main textile product is synthetic fabric used in trousers. It began with a spinning and knitting company named mewar textile mills, owned by Industrialist Shri Sampatmal Lodha, started in year 1938. Thereafter Shri Laxmi niwas Jhunjhunwala started his first unit for synthetic textile in the year 1961 at Bhilwara. Then many other units came up, and now the city boasts of having production of around a billion meters p.a. of trouser fabric.
Bhilwara is one of the major textile centres of the country. It is prominent in the manufacture of P/V blended yarn and suiting. The turnover of the textile industry is more than Rs. 10,000 crore p.a. It has 9 major spinning mills and 5 small spinning mills. The total spindlage installed at Bhilwara are approx. 4.50 lacs about 40% of the State capacity. It has 18 modern process houses to process polyester/viscose suiting with the capacity of a billion meters of fabric p.a. In the weaving sector it has approx. 13,500 looms out of which about 9000 are modern shuttleless looms. Exports of textiles from the district is of more than Rs. 2750 crore p.a.
It is the only center in the country producing insulation bricks. There are about 25 units. In the mining sector there is large scale mining of sandstone, which is also exported. The other major mining activity is in soap stone mining, the talcum powder manufactured by UMDS and other Minerals like Feldspar, Quartz, China Clay by ABC Limitless Holdings is supplied to all major manufacturing units.
The growth rate of Bhilwara is very high in rajasthan. Some readymade garments showroom with good quality of products are Vardhaman Vastralay, Veshbhusha™, Nu-Wave, Lotus. They work on MBO (Multi Brand Outlet) System. Nagori Garden is the main hub for readymade garments.
Electricity
Bhilwara receives electricity from Kota, Beawar, Rana Pratap Sagar Power Station (Rawatbhata) and Nimbahera. All the 1,565 villages have been electrified.Water
The main rivers in the district are Banas, Beduch, Kothari, Khari, Menaali, Unli and Meja dam(10 km from center). The water table in the district is comparatively high between 10 to 20 meters. The district has about 86,600 wells and thousands of tube-wells, providing drinking water and irrigation facilities. Ground water in the district is fresh and generally considered as potable although the concentration in fluoride was regularly above normal, and can cause fluorosisFluorosis
Fluorosis can refer to:* Dental fluorosis* Skeletal fluorosisSkeletal fluorosis can be caused by: Cryolite ....
. Since 2001, Bhilwara city receives water from Kota - Chambal River.
Road Connectivity
The National Highway No. 79 part of theGolden Quardrilateral (Four Lane)
and another National No. 76 part of the East West Corridor (Four Lane)
passes through the district. The total length of both section is 120 km.
South State Highway (Jaipur-Udaipur) passes through the district.
The total road length in the district is 3,883 km as on 31 March 2000.
With a government bus depot in the heart of the city, Bhilwara is connected to all the important cities of Rajasthan and other states.
Many Private Service Providers are also available.
Rail Transport
A Broad GaugeBroad gauge
Broad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :...
railway line connects Ajmer, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Kota,
Delhi, Bharatpur, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Patna, Kolkata, Chittorgarh, Udaipur City, Mavli Jn.,Ratlam, Vadodara, Surat','Mumbai' and' Hyderabad' passes through the district.
Air Transport
The nearest airport is at UdaipurUdaipur
Udaipur , also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, west of Kota, and northeast from Ahmedabad...
(165 km) takes approx 3 hrs, 30 mins by road and other the nearest airport is at 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....
(251 km) takes about 5 hrs by road. International Airport Nearest 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....
, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
.
Communication Facilities
(No.)- Post Offices 391
- Telegraph Offices 95
- Telephone exchanges 71
- Public call offices 1,180
- An airstrip is available at Hamirgarh approximately 22 km. away from Bhilwara city.
Educational Facilities/Institutions
(No.)- Primary and Middle Schools 2,009
- Higher Secondary and Secondary Schools 212
- Under Graduate and Post Graduate Colleges 7
- Engineering colleges= 2
- Bhilwara is second in central India region for CA Exams..
Transport
The city is connected by National Highway No. 79 through JaipurJaipur
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....
, Ajmer
Ajmer
Ajmer , formerly written as Ajmere, is a city in Ajmer District in Rajasthan state in India. Ajmer has a population of around 800,000 , and is located west of the Rajasthan state capital Jaipur, 200 km from Jodhpur, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from...
and Udaipur
Udaipur
Udaipur , also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, west of Kota, and northeast from Ahmedabad...
, which makes the major cities accessile. The four lane highway is part of golden quadrilateral highway project of India and connects Bhilwara with major cities. Bhilwara is connected by Broad gauge railway line network as of July 2007 (Appox.). The city has its own traffic style and parking style. Though the nos of vehicles are too much but there is no jam (a city without traffic lights).
Social and cultural significance
Besides Bhilwara's popularity in name of textile industry, it has a very strong cultural heritage base. Bhilwara is also famous for following cultural and social elements:- Art: Great Indian Miniature artist Badri Lal ChitrakarBadri Lal ChitrakarBadri Lal Chitrakar is an Indian miniature art artist. He has expertise in all traditional Indian arts. He was awarded with Shilp Guru award on September 9, 2006.He hails from Bhilwara town in Rajasthan state in India.-Other awards:...
highlights the city on international maps for Indian Miniature Art. He has been given Shilp GuruShilp GuruShilp Guru is an award conferred by Government of India every year to the master craftspersons in innovating different styles and designs of the traditional craftsmanship, to continue with the highest level of aesthetic character, quality and skill in the traditional Indian Handicrafts .They were...
award by Vice-President of India in 9 September 2006.
Bhilwara is also famous for its Fad Paintings which are actually depiction of traditional stories on cloth using naturally available colours. - Sports: Bhilwara is the source of National BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team players. This city is considered to be the mine of basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
players. Coach Mohit Bhandari is the present National coach for Basketball. Famous chess player Abhijeet Gupta belongs to this city.
Bhilwara is The city has many other state and national level players, some of them being Mahipal Solanki(BasketBall), Varun Mansinghka(Tennis), Ayush Suriya(Cricket, Harish Suwalka (athletics) and many others.
- Shitala DeviShitala DeviShitala , also called Sitala , is a Hindu goddess widely worshipped in North India, West Bengal, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan as the pox-goddess. Shitala Devi literally means the cold Goddess.-Name and variants:...
Saptami: People from Bhilwara indulges themselves more on this festival as compared to Holi (a week after). People eat cold food on the day, as a dedication to celebrate last winter festival. Bhilwara peoples play color on this day and this a declared holiday in Bhilwara.a festival of Joy and happiness Besides many other real stories are told behind it. - Shri Shyam Banwari is national executive president of confederation of UNESCO clubs and associations in India and chief co-ordinater SANT KAVI SUNDERDAS GAURAV ABHIYAN.
- Shri Yogendra Sharma is national poet. He is one of the best poets of India. A gold medalist from Ladnun University in Hindi.
Engineering
Manikya Lal Verma Textile & Engineering College, Bhilwara is the only textile College of Rajasthan.Institute of Technology and Management is the another engineering college in Bhilwara
Medical
Bhilwara has large number of hospitals. Mahatma Gandhi hospital is one of the biggest hospital in the Mewar region. Ram Snehi hospital is also among major medical service providers Smt. Kesar Bai Soni Hospital Assisted By Apollo Hospital Ahmedabad, Arihant Eye Hospital, Red crescent Uro-Surgical Hospital, Krishna Hospital and many more. Recently Bhilwara has emerged as an attraction for orthopedic surgeries with Bhardwaj and Keshav hospital.Urology
There are some hospitals for urology that is why Bhilwara is famous for its treatment of urology disorders due to specialized urological hospital. The following surgeries are provided by urology department in Bhilwara:-- Operation for prostrate,
- Structure,
- Operation for stones in kidneys and urethra either by medicines or by operation,
- Operation for bladder tumour surgery,
- Operation for prostrate cancer by operation,
- Operation for hernia,
- Plastic surgery for urethra,
- Dilatation,
- Circumcision,
- Cycstoscopy,
- Urological Trauma
and many other facilities are provided too. Urology specialized hospital carries these work properly and systematically.One of the urology specialized hospital is RED CRESCENT URO-SURGICAL HOSPITAL which provides all these facilities with experienced doctor and nursing staff.
Tourism
- Badnore Fort: is 70 km from Bhilwara on the Bhilwara Asind road.
- Bijoliyan Mandakini Temple
The town situated in the South East of Bhilwara. It is close to the borders of the District Bundi. The ancient name of Bijoliya was Vindhyavali. It is walled with two gates (North and South) and picturesquely situated on a plateau called the UPARMAL. Objects of historical interests are three Saivite temples, probably of the tenth century. A reservoir called the Mandakini Baori with steps, five Jain temples dedicated to Parswnath. The remains of a palace and two rock inscriptions deserve mention. The Jain temples, situated about 1.5 km of the south east were built by Mahajan Lala in the time of the Chauhan Raja Someshwar of Ajmer in 1170 AD. One of them is considered scared containing a complete small model of a temple inside. The rock inscriptions are both dated 1170 AD.
- Shahpura Ramdwara
Capital of the erstwhile state of Shahpura, the town houses the headquarters of the sub division, tehsil, panchayat samiti of the same name. It is about 58 km from district headquarters. The rulers of the erstwhile chiefship of Shahpura belonged to the Sisodia clan of Rajputs. Shahpura is a place of pilgrimage for the followers of the Ram Snehi's sect. Founded by the Hindus in 1804. They have a shrine in the town known as Ram Dwara. The chief priest of Ram Dwara is the head of the sect. Pilgrims from all over the world visit the shrine throughout the year. Ram Snehi is an Internation Hindu sect. An annual fair Phool Dol Ka Mela is held here on Phagun Sukla 15 (March–April) for five days. About one lakh people attend the fair. It is also famous for PHAD painitings.
- Mandalgarh Menal Water fall
The place, situated at a distance of 54 km towards South-East of Bhilwara. It is sub division, tehsil and panchayat samiti of same name. The place is of historical importance because it was the scene of many a fierce battle during the mediaeval times, according to the Muslim historians.
The place was taken twice by Mahmud Khilji of Malwa in the middle of the fifteenth century, and subsequently appears to have belonged alternately to the Ranas of Mewar and the Mughal Emperors. In or about 1650 A.D. Shah Jahan granted it in Jagir to Raja Roop Singh of kishanGarh, who partially built a palace here, but Rana Raj Singh retook it in 1660 AD. Twenty years later captured the palace and in 1700 AD. made it over to Jhujar Singh Chief of Pisangan (now in Ajmer district ) from whom it wasrecovered by Rana Amar Singh in 1706 AD., and it since then remained in the uninterrupted possession of his successors. To the North-West is a fort about half a mile in length with a low rampart wall and bastions encircling the crest of the hill on which it stands. The fort is said to have been constructed by a chief of the Balnote Clan of Rajputs (a branch of Solankis). There is an old temple Jaleshwar by name (1619 v.s.) The fort also houses a temple dedicated to Shiva.
- Pur Udan Chatri
It is situated at about 10 km from bhilwara city. It is famouls for it Udan Chatri, Adhar Shila mahadev where a Big Rock is Balanced on a small one, Kyara ke Balaji: have natural Image of lord Hanuman it is said that its automatically appeared on a rock, along with these it have Patola mahadev and Ghata rani Temple all these places are situated between beautiful hills of Aravali. The Bhilwara Municipal corporation is developing a tourist place at Gata Rani Mandir.
- Mandal
Mandal is around 16 KM from Bhilwara city have the Battis Khambon ki Chhatri. As the name implies this is a handsome chhatri madeup of sandstone have 32 pillars. Some of them have beautiful carving at the base and the upper portion. Within this chatri a huge Shivlingh is Situated.
- Harni Mahadev
on the distance of 8 KM from City temple of Lord Shiva under the large Rock is Situated. it have the name Harni on the name of village near it a Nice place for people from the city for outing as it have hills around. on the occasion of Shiv Ratri 3 days fair is held here. near to this Chamunda mata Mandir is there on Hill from where one can have a view of whole city. dadi dham temple is also there on the way
FAIRS
These are the popular fairs in bhilwara- Ganesh Mela, Ganesh Temple, Gandi Nagar Bhilwara
- Tejaji Mela, Tejaji chowk Bhilwara
- Harni Mahadev Mela, Harni Bhilwara
- Sawai Bhoj Ka Mela, Asind
- Phool Dol Mela, Shahpura
- Jal Jhoolani Ekadasha, Kotdi charbhuja
- Dhanop Mataji Mela, Dhanop Shahpura
- Jogania mata mela, Joganiya
- Dev Narayan Mela, Malaseri ki Oongra
- Ramdev ji Ka Mela, Bagore Mandal
- Tilaswa Mahadev Mela, tilswatirth
- Badnore Pash Mela, Badnore Asind
External links
- http://bhilwara.nic.in/default.htm National Information Centre (NIC) Bhilwara
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