| Amet | |
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| Country | India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District(s) | Rajsamand |
| Population | 16,669 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
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• 575 metres (1,886 ft) |
Amet is a city and a municipality in Rajsamand district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
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Old name : Ambapur Its historically famous for various reasons. One of them is Veer Patta the great king (under Mewar)of Amet who fought bravely against Muslims with the then Maharana of Mewar Udai singh who founded Udaipur city famously known as "city of lakes". The great Maharana Pratap was son of Udai Singh.
Myth: As per one Ancient Story 2000 years ago King "Jai Singh was ruling on this place.Every early morning he used to go to Charbhuja temple for worshipping lord Shyam.It was continued till he got old enough to walk also.At that time a river called the "Gomati" was flowing on the way to the temple.On one rainy day when Gomati was overfolwing,king Jai Singh could not go to the temple. Another morning he dreamt that he heard the voice of Lord Shyam and they promised him to come his place so that he can worship without any troulbe.Another early morning when King Jai Singh got up and came out from his house,he saw the statue of lord Shyam was appearing from the ground and stopped when half of the statue came out of the ground.King jai Shingh remembered the dream and he dug out the statue of lord and built the "Temple Of Shri Jai Singh Shyam".At this time "mr.rajendra kumar sharma" is one of the best preist (pujari ji) of Jai Singh Shyam Mandir amet.He is famous for doing many type of makeup(shringar)on shri.jai singh shyam ji and he is famous for doing unique designing on temple.He Make This Temple Like Hevan.
Vevar Mahadev, the temple of Shiva is very famous tourist place of Amet. It is situated near bank of the river "Chandrabhaga" and surrounded by Aravali hills and great amount of greenary makes a perfect place for all those who wants to go near to nature and peace. Also Asharam ji ashram is near to the temple. Amet is also famous for temple of lord Jaisingh Shyam ji in the heart of Amet. Wadli wavli is also good place where the temples of lord Shanker and hanumanji are situated.
Amet is also active when it comes to social activities. various social organizations are working here mainiy RSS(Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh),which is not only largest volunteer organization in the world and also famous for helping society to unite and help each other in times of crisis be it earthquake in Gujrat, or tsunami on southern corner of India.amet has an active NGO called Navjeevan Seva sansthan working for education awareness in and around amet.
As of 2001[update] India census,[1] Amet had a population of 16,669. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Amet has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Amet is one of the Indian cities which has a Martian crater named after it. The other cities/towns are Bhor, Broach, Kakori, Poona (Pune), Rayadurg, Sandila and Wer
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