Ghanerao is a village in

Desuri Desuri is a Tehsil headquarter, located in the Pali district of Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of Ind ...

tehsil of

Pali district Pali district is a district in Rajasthan, India. The city of Pali is its administrative headquarters. Pali is also known as the Industrial/Textile City and has been a hub for merchant activities for centuries. It has a rich heritage and culture ...

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

. The village is located on the

Sadri Sadri is a municipality in the Pali district of Rajasthan, India. Before it was formally founded, there were various settlements in the area which fell under the Jagir of the Rajput clan Sindhal Rathore who still reside in the central part of ...

road State Highway 16. Due to its proximity to

Kumbhalgarh Kumbhalgarh (lit. "Kumbhal fort"), also known as the Great Wall of India, is a fortress on the westerly range of Aravalli Hills in Kumbhalgarh in the Rajsamand district of the Rajasthan state in India. Situated approximately from Rajsamand c ...

fort,

Ranakpur Ranakpur is a village located in Desuri tehsil near Pali city in the Pali district of Rajasthan in western India. The nearest Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate s ...

Jain temple and Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, it is an important place in tourism with history. Towards southeast of Ghanerao, there are ruins of an old fort on top of a hill, which were built by Kishan Singh Mertiya, son of Gopal Singh, the founder of Ghanerao.

History

Ghanerao was a princely

thikana Thakur is a historical feudal title of the Indian subcontinent. It is also used as a surname in the present day. The female variant of the title is Thakurani or Thakurain, and is also used to describe the wife of a Thakur. There are varying o ...

of 37 villages founded in 1606, by Thakur Gopal Singh Mertiya, during the reign of Maharana Amar Singh. It was a member of two states

Jodhpur State Kingdom of Marwar, also known as Jodhpur State during the modern era, was a kingdom in the Marwar region from 1243 to 1818 and a princely state under British rule from 1818 to 1947. It was established in Pali by ''Rao Siha'', possibly a migran ...

as well as

Udaipur State The Kingdom of Mewar was an independent Hindu Monarchy, kingdom that existed in the Rajputana region of the Indian subcontinent and later became a dominant state in medieval India. The kingdom was initially founded and ruled by the Guhila dyna ...

. Ghanerao was granted first class judicial powers by

. Ghanerao Jagir consisted of around 38 villages, with annual revenue of 37600 rupees, out of which 3098 rupees were paid as annual tribute to Jodhpur State.

Temples

There are many Hindu and Jain temples in and around Ghanerao. In the village, there are many Hindu temples such as Laxmi Narayanji, Murlidhar and Charbhujaji. On the outskirts of the village is situated a ‘mahanth’ ( Sant) known as Giriji Ki Dhani. The village have many temples of Riddhi & Siddhi Gajanand, a Sri Mahalaxmi ji, Goddess Nagnechiya, Sri Britwesar Mahadev Temple . There are about 14 Jain temples, some of them are quite old, Muchhal Mahavir Temple being the most notable one and among the five Jain tirths of Godwar. The Bratwesher mahadev ji temple was pronounced 'Britwesar Mahadev' by the British, resulting in a name change to Britwaiser Mahadev Temple.

Ghanerao Fort

The village has a fort which is now a heritage hotel.

Demographics

The population of Ghanerao is 7,650 according to a 2001 census, where male population is 3,732 and female population is 3,918.

Notable places

*Ghanerao Castle *Mahavira Jain temple, constructed around 1020 CE *Ghanerao Jungle Lodge (Bagha Ka Bagh) *Sri

Shrimali Brahmins Shrimali Brahmins are believed to have originated from Srimal (the present-day Bhinmal) in Jalore district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. They also have a presence in Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western In ...

Mahalaxmi Tempal Ghanerao *Sri Britwaser Mahadev (Lord Shive Ji)Temple

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Ghanerao VILLAGE population

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Samaj {{Pali district Villages in Pali district