Juna Savar is a village in the
Amreli district
Amreli district is one of the 33 administrative districts of the state of Gujarat
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of
Gujarat
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,
India
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.
The
Shetrunji River
Shetrunji River (alternate: Satrunji) is an Eastward-flowing river from Gir to Gulf of Khambhat in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, in western India.
Geography
It rises northeast of the Gir Hills, near Dhari in Amreli district. Its course begins east-northea ...
helps this village a lot, but sometimes it floods the village during
monsoon
A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in Atmosphere of Earth, atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annu ...
s.
Asiatic lion
The Asiatic lion is a lion population of the subspecies ''Panthera leo leo''. Until the 19th century, it occurred in Saudi Arabia, eastern Turkey, Iran, Mesopotamia, and from east of the Indus River in Pakistan to the Bengal region and the Narm ...
s live near the village.
Overview
The River Sentruji, which flows south to north during the monsoon season, is the main attraction of the city.
Geography
Juna Savar is situated on southern Saurashtra plateau. It has a hilly terrain and the ground water table is very low. The water contains high level of
TDS counts along with excess level of sodium and phosphate. The water extracted from the bore-wells is found to be very hot.
History and culture
There is a temple of Goddess "
Chamunda
Chamunda (, ), also known as Chamundeshwari, Chamundi or Charchika, is a fearsome form of Chandi, the Hindu mother goddess, Mahadevi and is one of the seven Matrikas.Wangu p.72
She is also one of the chief Yoginis, a group of sixty-four or ...
Maa" in Juna Savar which is made by Vallabhbhai Mohanbhai Jinjariya. He was the first man of his village to bring diamond business in his village. He moved to Surat in his early life and then started doing diamond business there.
Education
Juna Savar has an average literacy rate.
References
Villages in Amreli district
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