Keshoraipatan
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Keshoraipatan is a city and a municipality
Municipality
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 in Bundi district
Bundi district
Bundi District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The town of Bundi is the district headquarters. It has an area of 5,550 km² and a population of 88,273...

 in the India
India
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n state
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 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...

.

Demographics

India census
Census
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, Keshoraipatan had a population of 21,119. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Keshoraipatan has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 48%. In Keshorai patan, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. The town is 24 km away from Kota city.

Attractions

The town is famous for temple of Keshav Rai Ji Maharaj or Lord Vishnu
Vishnu
Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....

 which lies on bank of Chambal
Chambal
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 river.It was built in 1601 by Maharaja Shatru Sal of Bundi
Bundi
Bundi is a city and a municipality of approximately 88,000 inhabitants in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India. It is of particular architectural note for its ornate forts, palaces, and stepwell reservoirs known as baoris...

. The architecture and sculputures of temple are unique.
Mratunjaya Mahadev temple is another important shrine of the town.The temple is one of the oldest temples 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...

.There is an old Jain temple too.

On Karthik
Karthik
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Purnima, many devotees take bath and do worship and a fair also held there.
in there temple of lord hanuman
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