Bhinmal, Jalore, Rajasthan, india

Bhinmal Town in Jalore district Rajasthan India.

ABOUT BHINMAL

BHINMAL is a town in the Jalore district of Rajasthan,India. It is 72 km south of Jalore town.

The town is the birth place of the Sanskrit poet Magh. The name Bhinmal is derived from the word Shrimal.

The name of railway station is Marwar Bhinmal and is on Samadari-Bhildi section of Northan Wesrern Railway .The railway tracks are still meter gauge so very few trains run through this station. If coming from Mumbai one has to travel by road from Palanpur to reach here .

The town has a stadium named Shivraj stadium mainly the cricket matches are played .IN 1985 frist class crcket match was played here between RAJASTHAN v/s MADHYA PRADESH.

There is a many hotels in town for stay here and hotel Smarat is famous in town area.One heritage hotel known as Castle Durjan Niwas at village Daspan 25 km from Bhinmal is also nice for top end .

The town has one Graeduate/degree College called GK Gowani Govt.college,3 higher secondary and many primary schools.

The town has connected with best telcomunication facility.All the Basic phone and cellphone service provider company has their network in Bhinmal

Geography

Bhinmal is located at 25.0 N 72.25 E Globe. It has an average elevation of 146 meters (479 feet).

History of Bhinmal

Bhinmal was the capital of ancient Gujarat. This city has witnessed many risings and falls. Stone inscriptions of the year 1333 of the Vikram era are found among ruins of temples. There are signs here and there showing that Bhagawan Mahavir Swami wandered about here. They can provide historical evidences to researches. There was a time when this city had a circumference of 64 kilometers and the fort had 84 gates. This city looked beautiful with hundreds of pinnacled temples. From the seventh to the tenth century, talented Acharyas created here valuable Jain literature and Sanctified and beautified this place.The temple of jain tirthankar Parshwanath in Hathi pole area, is regarded to be ancient.This temple has great archeological importance. Golden-colored idol of Shri Parshwanath Bhagvan in padmasana posture is the presiding deity. On the image of the main deity,On the idol, there is an inscription of the year 1011 of the Vikram era. It is believed that the idol was found from a hollow of the ground. Many other idols were also found. The city of Bhinmal had four gates. At a distance of 8 kilometers in the north, there is the Jalori gate, in the south, there is the Laxmi gate, in the east, there is the Sungate and in the west, there is the Sanchori gate.Bhinmal as the tirth is described in the ‘Sakal Tirth Stotra’ composed by jain monk Siddhasena surisvarji.

The further earlier name of the town was Bhillamala."Hiun Tsang"visited 'Bhillamala'[bhinmal] in about 641 A.D. According to Hiuen Tsang Bhillamala was capital of Gurjara kingdom[gujarat]. The king of the place was a Kashatriya, celebrated for his wisdom and virtue, a believer in Buddhism and a man of exceptional abilities. He was just twenty years old. The people of the place were flourishing. Brahmanism dominated the city .There was only one Buddhist monastery with 100 brothers.

Ala udain khilaji also destroyed Srimala when he conquered Jalore in 1310 A.D.Before that Srimala was a premier city of Northern India. The city was laid out in the shape of a square. It has 84 gates.The mid-15th century chronicle Kanhadade Prabandha provide description of many islamic attacks on Bhinmal.

There were several temples of Jain tirthankars, Hindu god-Ganapatis, Kshetrapalas, Chandikadevis, Shivalingas and others. The temple of Bhinmal known as Jagatsvami was one of the earliest and most famous temples of Rajasthan. The temple had beautiful torana (archway).The temple was perhaps built during the reign of Gurjara Pratiharas who were sun worshippers. A festival was held at temple in the Hindu calendar month of Asvin.

There were a number of Jain temples too ,temple of Mahavira being the most famous & temple of Parshwanath of Hathi Pole area and Shanthinath in Ganesh chowk is very ancient.

Bhinmal was a great centre of learning.The scholars of Srimala were known far and wide for their scholarship and learning.The famous astronomer Brahmagupta wrote Brahmasphutasiddanta here in 628 A.D.Maga, the author of Sisupalavadha also lived here in 680 A.D.The well known scholar & Jain monk Siddharshi , a resident of Bhinmal wrote Upmitibaava prapanch katha in 905 A.D.The Jain Ramayana was written by jain monk Vijayagani in 1595 A.D.Writter of Abhidhan Rajendra Kosh [Dictionary of Sanskrit & pali language words] & famous jain monk of 20th century Aacharya Rajendra suri made his chaturmas here in 1880 A.D.(vikrama samvat 1936)

Bhinmal today

Demography -As on 2001, India Census, Bhinmal had a population of 39,278. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bhinmal has an average literacy rate of 52%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 67% and female literacy of 36%. 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The Bafna, Jogani, Nahar, Mehta, Gowani, Raysoni, Sanghvi, Vanigota, shrimali brahimins,Vardhan, Bohra, Dhokad, Hundiya, Palgota, Kothari, Haran are the some of the surnames of the people from the town.

Temples in Bhinmal

Mahaveer Swami Jain Temple-Tel.no.91-2969-222369.

Parshwanath Jain temple [Hathi pole]

Shanthinath Jain temple [ganesh chowk]

Ganthi Mehata vaas [Four Jain temple complex]

Nakoda Parshwanath jain temple

Riddhi-Siddhi Parshwanath Jain Temple

Chomukhji Jain temple[viju bai Temple]

Manmohan Parshwanath Jain temple

Jagawallabh Parshwanath Jain temple[station rd]

Padmaprabhu Jain temple[magh colony]

Jeerawalla Parshwanath jain temple [magh colocny]

Seemandhar swami jain temple [Rath Mandir]

Shankheshwer Parshwanath Jain temple

Gaudi Parshwanath Jain temple

Kirti Stambh Jain Temple [Tower Temple]

Bafna Wadi Jain Temple [Three Temple complex]

Varah Shyam Temple [Main Bazar]

Chandinath Mahadev Temple

Neel Kantha Mahadev Temple

Mahalaxmi Temple New [mahalaxmi rd]

Mahalxmi temple Old [Dhora Dhal]

Mataji ki Bhakri-Kshemankari Temple

Gayatri Temple

Fafariya Hanuman Temple

Ramdevji Temple

Vishwakarma Temple

JAIN DHARMASHLA-

Mahveer Swami Temple

Pratap Saraya

Hanjari Bhawan

Shankhshwer parshwanth

Kirati Stambh

Bafna Wadi

Monuments

Chandinath Bawadi

Jeevdaya Gaushala

Jakoba Talab

Bal samundra pond

Trayamkeshwer pond

Bhinmal in news

In Dec.20,1985 frist class cricket match were played here in Shivaraj Stadium between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

A 450 years old Jain temple of Jain Tirthankar PARSHWANATH at Hathi Pole area, was unearthed in year 2002 during construction work at the premises of Shri Parshwa Nath Temple at Bhinmal. The temple has five images of Jain Tirthankars made in white marble.

Recently Bafna families of the town decided to build a temple of godess Osiya Mata, Lord Mahavira Swami and Jain monk Shri Rajendra Suri. The temple is to be named as "Bafna Wadi Jain Tirth". This is a Three temples complex with vast ground,Dharmashala,Bhojanshala.It was open for public on 02,March-2006 after'Paratistha Mahtsav' by Jain monk Muni Jayanandvijay ji maharaj.

www.bafnawadi.com

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