Suthari is a village in Abdasa Taluka of

Kutch district Kutch district (), officially spelled Kachchh is a district of Gujarat state in western India, with its headquarters (capital) at Bhuj. Covering an area of 45,674 km2, it is the largest district of India. The area of Kutch is larger than ...

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

, India. It is 92 km to the west of District headquarters

Bhuj Bhuj () is a city and the headquarters of Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Etymology According to legend, Kutch (Kachchh) was ruled by the Nāga chieftains in the past. Sagai, a queen of Sheshapattana, who was married to King B ...

and 27 km from

taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...

headquarters

Naliya Naliya is a town, which is also the taluka headquarters of Abdasa Taluka of Kutch District (kachchh), Gujarat, India. It is located on the western end of Kutch 19 km by road from ancient port of Jakhau. History Naliya was a prosperous tr ...

and 12 km from Kothara. Suthari is located near sea coast. Suthari Pin code is 370490 and postal head office is at nearby village, Dumara.

Places of interest

Shri Suthri Jain Derasar

Suthari is famous as Jain pilgrimage center as it holds one famous Jain temple where there are deities of Parshvanath, Padmavati,

Kunthunath Kunthunath was the seventeenth Tirthankara, sixth Chakravartin and twelfth Kamadeva of the present half time cycle, Avasarpini. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Kunthunatha ...

Gautam Swami Gautama Swami, born as Indrabhuti Gautama was the first ''Ganadhara'' (chief disciple) of Mahavira, the 24th and last Jain Tirthankara of present half cycle of time. He is also referred to as Guru Gautama, Gautama Ganadhara, and Ganadhara Gauta ...

and Choumukhji. The temple built around year 1840 is a two-storied structure richly embellished with intricate designs and sculptures both inside and outside.Shri Suthri Tirth
/ref> The chief architects and sculptors of the temple were, the

Mistris of Kutch Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya (also known as Mistri or Mestri) are a minority Hindu community of Gujarat in India, who claim to be Kshatriya. They are an artisan community related with masonry, artistic carvings, sculpting and building and construction ...

, a notable artisan community in the region. Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya Samaj : A brief History & Glory : by Raja Pawan Jethwa, Calcutta. (2007) Calcutta.pp 28-29.

Darbargarh

Among other place of interests is the ''Darbargarh'', the royal residence of

Jadeja Jadeja ( Gujarati, Sindhi: , or ''Jāṛejā'') is a Samma Rajput clan that inhabits the Indian state of Gujarat and the Tharparkar district of Sindh, Pakistan. They originated from Sammas of Sindh, a pastoral group, and laid a claim on the ...

chief of the place, who were jagirdar during time of princely era of Kutch.

References

Villages in Kutch district Jain temples in Gujarat Religious buildings and structures completed in the 1840s 1840s establishments in India {{Kachchh-geo-stub