Tankara is a town in
Morbi district
Morbi district is in the state of Gujarat, India. It was formed on 15 August 2013, along with several other districts, on the 67th Independence Day of India. Morbi city is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district has five tal ...
in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is situated on the
Demi River
The Demi River is a river in Saurashtra region of 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 ...
and on Rajkot-Morbi Highway,
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Morbi or Morvi is a city founded as a princely state around 1698 by Jadeja Thakor Saheb Shree Kayoji Ravaji. It is in the Morbi district in the States and territories of India, state of Gujarat, India. It is situated on the Kathiawar peninsula. ...
, 40 kilometres from Rajkot, and 80 kilometres from Jamnagar
Jamnagar () is a city and the headquarters of Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city lies just to the south of the Gulf of Kutch, some west of the state capital, Gandhinagar. The city was the capital of Nawanagar State, Na ...
. Tankara is considered a holy city to Arya Samajis because it is the birthplace of Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Dayanand Saraswati () born Mool Shankar Tiwari (12 February 1824 – 30 October 1883), was a Hindu philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform movement of Hinduism. His book '' Satyarth Prakash'' has remained one of th ...
, founder of the Arya Samaj
Arya Samaj () is a monotheistic Indian Hindu reform movement that promotes values and practices based on the belief in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda Saraswati founded the samaj in the 1870s.
Arya Samaj was the first Hindu ...
, who was born on 12 February 1824.
Rishi Bodh Utsav
Every year on Maha Shivaratri
Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually to worship the deity Shiva, between February and March. According to the Hindu calendar, the festival is observed on the fourteenth day of the first half (night start with darkness - ...
, the Arya Samajis commemorate Swami Dayananda Sarasvati's ''Rishi Bodh Utsav'' during the 2 days mela at Tankara organised by Tankara Trust, during which Shobha Yatra
Mahalakshmi Menon, best known by her stagename Shobha (23 September 1962 – 1 May 1980), was an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam and Tamil films. At the age of 17, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her r ...
procession and Maha Yajna is held, event is also attended by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Par ...
and Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani
Vijay Ramniklal Rupani (2 August 1956 – 12 June 2025) was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021. He was a representative in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly for the Rajkot West constituency from ...
.
Industry
Tankara is famous for quality cotton bales production and has 25 to 30 cotton ginning factories and many cotton oil mills. Tankara is the fourth largest business centre in the field of cotton oil mill and ginning industries in Saurashtra
Saurashtra, Sourashtra, or variants may refer to:
** Kathiawar, also called Saurashtra Peninsula, a peninsula in western India
** Saurashtra (state), alias United State of Kathiawar, a former Indian state, merged into Bombay State and since its d ...
and fifth in Gujarat. This industry is the fastest growing in this region. Tankara is also one of the major centres of silver imitation jewellery manufacturing. Tankara has been facing many basic infrastructure related problem such as: and with polypack industries production are pp woven fabric, pp non woven fabric and more manufacturer.
Hospitals
In Tankara Health services are primarily provided at government hospital and many private hospitals.
List of villages in Tankara
* Amrapar (tol)
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* Bangavadi
* Bedi
* Bhutkotda
* Chhattar
* Devaliya
* Dhroliya
* Ganeshpar
* Ghunada
* Khanpar
* Hadala
* Hadmatiya
* Hamirpar
* Harbatiyali
* Haripar
* Hirapar
* Jabalpur
*Jainagar
* Jivapartankara
* Jodhpar (zala)
* Kagdadi
* Kalyanpar
* Khakhra
* Kothariya
* Lajai
* Lakhdhir Gadh
* Meghpar Zala
* Mitana
References
Maharshi Dayanand Smarak Trust, Tankara, Photos
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Cities and towns in Morbi district
Hindu pilgrimage sites in India
Arya Samaj
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