Kherali is a village in

Surendranagar district Surendranagar is an administrative district in Saurashtra region of Gujarat state in India. It has a population of approximately 1.7 million people. Surendranagar, along with the twin city of Wadhwan, has a total of 400,000 inhabitants, an ...

in the

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n state of

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. It comes on the way from

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to Limli, and this route leads to Muli. It has population close to 6,000-10,000. The village is grown around one abandoned palace. The village has got one big lake and many other wells including one stepwell. It has few temples including two Swaminarayan temple, Rama temple, krishna temple, shaktimaa temple and one well-built mosque. There are also government and one private school also . The village is mostly surrounded by farms. The population mostly depend on farming, and young generation go for jobs and business to

and around cities. The main crops are wheat, cotton, ground-nuts, and sesames.

Places of interest

Kherali Vav or Rajbai Vav is a

stepwell Stepwells (also known as vav or baori) are wells, cisterns or ponds with a long corridor of steps that descend to the water level. Stepwells played a significant role in defining subterranean architecture in western India from the 7th to the ...

located in the village. There is an inscription in Sanskrit language and Devnagari script in the stepwell which notes that it was built in 1463. According to folklore, it was built by Paramara ruler Jagdev's minister Lakhdhirsinh, in memory of his wife. According to the inscription, her name was Vejaldevi. The stepwell has seven storeys. It has 108 steps and is 110 feet deep. In the first pavilion-tower of the stepwell, there are statues of goddess Matri and

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 ...

in the niches.

References

Villages in Surendranagar district {{Surendranagar-geo-stub