Didwana

Didwana Inderpura
city
Didwana Location in Rajasthan, India
Coordinates: 27°24′N 74°34′E / 27.4°N 74.57°E / 27.4; 74.57Coordinates: 27°24′N 74°34′E / 27.4°N 74.57°E / 27.4; 74.57
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Nagaur
Government
• King	Didu Shah
Elevation	336 m (1,102 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	44,661
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	341303
Telephone code	01580
Vehicle registration	RJ-37
Sex ratio	980/1000 ♂/♀
Website	www.didwana.com

Didwana (Rajasthani: डीडवाना) is a town in Nagaur district of Rajasthan in India. It lies in the Thar Desert. The town is thought to be more than 5,000 years old and is closely associated with conversion of Rajput clan into a businessmen clan with the name of Maheshwari. The name 'Didwana' is considered as stumbled name of 'Deen Deewana'. The land is known for the 'Deen Deewana' (Loopy for Islam). Later it converted in to 'Deedwana' and 'Didwana'. India Post Department still quote the name and stamp as 'Deedwana'.

Nowadays Didwana is a well-known town of Nagaur/Rajasthan. Many people of Didwana and nearby places are well settled elsewhere in India and hold important positions/ are famous industrialists. The famous Maheshwari business family Bangur hails from Didwana. Further it is also famous for two famous old Maths based on the Ramanuja Sampradaya, namely, the Jahlaria Math headed by Sri Sri 1008 Swami Ghanshyamacharyaji Maharaj and The Nagoria Math headed by Sri Sri 1008 Swami Vishnu prapannacharyaji Maharaj. The city is historically known for Fort Mosque (Qila Mosque) built by The Great Emperor Akbar in the memory of Sufi Saint.

The city is very famous for its Hindu traditional culture and philosophy and the Maths are must-visit for all Hindu devotees once in lifetime. The Baas and basinies, as the surrounding areas of town, The mathura Das Ji ka jaav, the oldest well built by the maharaja of Jodhpur, in Gaadha baas, now in Didwana, where there is a secret room inside the well, a very good example of Ancient Rajasthani architecture.

The temples of these maths are generally regarded to be very beautiful, though they may not be as big as other temples but they are regarded very highly by the Hindu community.

The town is famous for its VED Vidhalya where Brahmin students are taught about Veda, dharma and other aspects of the Hindu religion.

Didwana is considered as corruption name of 'Deen Deewana' as this is a mystic land of Islamic Sufi movement and epicenter. Abdul Ghaffar Rumi stayed here while traveling with Khwaja Mueenuldin Chishti. The Great Usmani family of the city still residing in Didwana. The Sufi triangle of Ajmer, Nagaur and Didwana gave a mystic journey of anyone. The Great Akbar made a Mosque named 'Qila Masjid' (Fort Mosque) in the loving memory of the footsteps of Khwaja Mueenuldin Chishti. The Qila Masjid is within the area where The Great Usmani family is residing after HH Abdul Ghaffar Rumi stayed.

Geography

Didwana is located at 27°24′N 74°34′E / 27.4°N 74.57°E / 27.4; 74.57.^[1] It has an average elevation of 336 metres (1102 feet).

The town is more than 5,000 years old and has long history of great teachers who have taken the Hindu religion a long way and have shown the way how to lead life, how to grow, etc.

In Didwana there are twelve baas and twelve baasni (called in general language colony). There live Mali samaj in these baas and Deshwali samaj lives in Basani.

1. Maidashar bass(A B Group)
2. Singhi bass(A B Group)
3. Kumaniya bass(A B Group)
4. Mohandas bass(A B Group)
5. Bhati bass(A B Group)
6. Heari bass(A B Group)
7. Gadha bas(A B Group)
8. Harinarayan bass(A B Group)
9. Kadiya bass(A B Group)
10. Jhalara bass(A B Group)
11. Bari bass(A B Group)
12. Aadaka bass(A B Group)
13. Katala bass(A B Group)
14. Tiba bass.(A B Group)

Thse are the famous twelve villages(Baasni) around Didwana, where deshwali community lives.

1. Ramsabas - Located on south from the salt lake. 4 KM from Didwana on Ganesh Mandir road.
2. Ladabas - Adjacent to Ramsabas. Both the villages are mingled down now. Common government school for both villages.
3. Khatiabasni. 2KM south from Ramsabas on Barangana road.
4. Baliya. -famous sodium sulfide factory by Nagori is located in Baliya.
5. Amarpura. - next to Didwana railway station
6. Gardejiabasni.
7. Dadubasni.
8. Shekhabasni. Located on east side of Didwana at the junction of State highway - Didwana road.
9. Khinchiyabasni.
10. Mallabasni.
11. Daulatpura. Located 12 KM east from Didwana on State highway.
12. Katlabas. Near the chungi chowki and some are in the farms.

Following are the famous chowk in Didwana. Chowk means locality.

1. Mohallah Sayedan & Qauziyaan
2. Narsingh Chowk Near Nagoria Math.
3. Shyam Ji ka Chowk Near Shayam Ji Ka Mandir.
4. Gaggro ka chowk.
5. Bangur Chowk.
6. Ganpati Nagar (Dojraj Mandir)
7. Ghodawato Ka Chowk.
8. Bhargav Chowk.
9. Majejio ka Chowk Near Jhalaria Math.
10. Mathura Das Ji Ka Jaav in Gaadha Baas.
11. pathano ki paanch pol the historic palace
12. Inderpur is a distance of 13 kilometer from Didwana in Salasar Highway. Earlier this city was extent in-between Seven Big Gates, for security. But now six gates exist, as one (Delhi Gate) gate has vanished. One thing is special for these gates that at each gate The Lord Ganesh Temple are situated. The name of gates are below:

1. Nagori Gate.
2. Ajmeri Gate.
3. Kote Gate.
4. Deen Darwaja.
5. Khidki Darwaja.(Chapri Gate)
6. Fatehpuri Gate.
7. Delhi Gate. (this does not exist now)

After the rise of Bangur Family who stayed in Sitaram Bagh, the Bangur family had built many schools, a college, hospital, roads and other infrastructural facilities in the town. Thus the city was one of the most prominent town in the Rajastan State and important centre from people from nearby villages and towns as Ladnun, Kuchaman, Merta, Sujangarh, Kishangarh, Molasar, Borsu, etc.

Not only the town but also people form nearby places is indebted to the Bangur Family for its important role played in the development of the town.

Special Temple- Baba Ramnath Ji Ki Bagichi-''''Near to Didwana is situated a very old village named Kharesh, where a very pious Saint named Baba Ramnath ji have meditated long back before 80 Years.A very beautiful Bagichi temple has been constructed in Kharesh & Lot Of visitors visit kharesh twice on the occasion of Chhat Mela in Bhadra & Ashwin of Ramnath ji maharaj.Please visit once... this is really auspicious to be there.

Place of Interest

# Shri ShitalKund Balaji Temple AB GROUP

1. JankiNath Temple (Nagoriya Math)AB GROUP

1. JankiNath Temple (Jhalariya Math)
2. Peer Pahari
3. Dojraj Ganesh Mandir
4. Padhay Mata Ji mandir {devpura}

1. Shitalkund Balaji
2. Shree Hanuman Ghat Bagichi
3. Shiv Bari
4. Sain Samaj Mainder
5. Sati Mata Mandir(aadka bass)
6. Kali Mata Mandir (Bhati Bass)
7. Maliya Surya Mandir

grounds and hostels

1. Mirdha park ( gandhi ground ) . cricket ground as well as football ground
2. mohandas bag ground . cricket ground
3. kishan hostel ( jat hostel ). special type off cricket ground as off and on boundaries are small as compare to straight, but games are more interesting due to special rules
4. rajput hostel
5. kayamkhani hostel on Baliya road

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Didwana had a population of 44,661. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Didwana has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70% and, female literacy is 46%. In Didwana, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Concern

The new generation of Bangur Family has been distanced from the town. Their higher interest in city also with other pravasi industrialists will help the city attain a prominent location in Rajasthan. The local people of the town have important role to play in this as if they take the Help of Bangur family and ask them to establish industries in the nearby area, the area can flourish. The city is having 100% literacy among the The Great Usmani family, Siddiquis and Syeds. They are well flag bearers of the Education among Muslims. Woman upliftment and employment of woman are equally seen among The Usmanis, Sidiiquis and Syeds of the city. Majorly they are employed and serving with Education, Media and judiciary.

There is beautiful temple. Its name is shri shitalkund balaji mandir (hanuman temple)and Jankinath temple which belongs to Nagoriya Math. It is a famous temple constructed more than 500 years ago owned by Nagoriyapithadishwar Swami Shri Vishuprapanacharji.

Industrialisation and creation of more jobs are important. Since the area is semi-arid, creation of a SEZ in the town can be a win-win situation as nearby areas are not good for farming. So creation for SEZ will not affect agricultural production of the country. It has a very large girl's college. Its name is Didwana Mahila Mahavidyalaya. Sushil Kulhari is presently SDM Didwana.

References

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Jankinath temple and Shital Kund Balaji Mandir