Vasa, Rajasthan

Vasa
Vasantpur , Vasantgarh
Village
Country  India
State Rajasthan
District Sirohi
Population (2001)
 • Total 8,676
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 307024
Telephone code 02971
ISO 3166 code RJ-IN
Vehicle registration RJ-24-
Nearest city Abu Road
Lok Sabha constituency Jalore
Vidhan Sabha constituency Pindwada

Vasa is a village in Sirohi District in Rajasthan state in India. It is 9 km from Swarupganj and 25 km from Abu Road and also known as Vasantpur or Vasantgarh. Vasa also has got a temple Laxminarayan Mandir whose foumdation stome was laid by Mirabai.

History

Vasa fell within a Princely Village before Indian Independence in 1947, and was ruled by the Parmar Rajput dynasty (one of the major Rajput clan of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh) under British dominion. Vasa was established by Sher Singh Parmar in the twelfth century. The last ruler was Thakur Sardar Singh (1927). The royal family of Parmar worship Sun or Surya Narayan Dev as their kuldevta, whose temple is also there in the village.Template:Temples of Rajashthan by Ramavallabh Somani page 441

Geography

Vasa Mere than a mile to the north-east of Rohera is the village of Rajashthan, on the outskirt of which is a fine temple of Surya (the sun god) of the eleventh or twelfth century. The village itself has various temples. Template:Temples of Rajashthan by Ramavallabh Somani page 442

Vasa is famous for its sun temple, Jambeshwar Mahadev temple, vav (stepwell), Jamdgani Rushi Ashram and many other old temples. The sun temple is also called Surya Narayana mandir and was built in the twelfth century, as was the vav(stepwell).Template:Temples of Rajashthan by Ramavallabh Somani page 442

Photographs

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References

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