Buhana Explained

Buhana
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Rajasthan#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Rajasthan, India
Coordinates:28.2052°N 75.878°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Rajasthan
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Jhunjhunu
Governing Body:Gram panchayat
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:338
Population Total:10495
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Footnotes:[1]
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:333502
Registration Plate:RJ-
Iso Code:RJ-IN

Buhana is a tehsil (sub-district) and a municipality in the Jhunjhunu district of the Indian state of Rajasthan.

History

The village was founded in 1234 by Bhawani Singh. The Village was named Buhana after Bhawani Singh.

The First Panchayat Election was held in the Buhana Village in 1952 post-independence of India and The Sarpanch elected was Vaidhy Jainarayan Sharma who won the election as he was unopposed in the election.n

Year Sarpanch

1952 - 1964 Vaidhy. Jainarayan Sharma

1964 - 1976 Mr. Bachan Singh Tanver

1977 - 1981 Mr. Jawala Prasad Agarwal

1981 - 1986 Mr. Rotan Singh Tanver

1986 - 1991 Mr. Bagh Singh Tanver

1991 - 1996 Mr. Ratan Singh Tanver

1996 - 2000 Mr. Hari Prasad Meghwal

Main sights

Religious buildingsBuhana is an ancient devotional land. There are two holy hermitage (Ashrams): Dhoona Dhaloda[2] and Lihlay. There are also many temples: Ram Janki Mandir, Radhakrishna Mandir, Khemka kuldevi Mandir, Shikharband Mandir, 24 ka Mandir, Dakshinmukhi Balaji Mandir and Maharana wali Devi Mandir. The pabuji ka Devara, built by Raika community of Buhana about 200 years ago, is a live example of secularism where all the gods and goddesses of Hinduism, Peer baba Mazar (Muslims) and Crist Chabutra (Christians) are still lying existed. Both worship places i.e. Baba Umed Singh ki Medi and Pabuji ka Devara are still a devoted place of worship by Hindus and Muslims. A peace of Gauchar bhoomi called bani measuring about 18000 bighas under gram panchayat buhana is a place of wildlife preservation which provides a livelihoods to all communities of cattle breeders and pollution free environment to its surroundings. It is also available in Indian history that this bani was a part of Chiman Rishi Ashram which was located on Doshi mountain Haryana hardly 20 km away and the famous brand of medicines still in existence i.e. Chimanprass was invented out of herbal plants of this bani which was a part of that Ashram and the Pandavas of Mahabharat have spent few days in this Bani. It has a huge possibilities to develop a tourist place specially for wild life lovers and herbals medicinal practitioners. Another secular place is Gogaji ki medi which is well known as god of snakes. Indeed, the Bani, Devra and both Medi are pride of Bihana. Recently, a Khadesari Baba has also made his presence in the bani for providing a supper Gaushala and a decent Asharam for the followers.

Personalities

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/71369-buhana-rajasthan.html Buhana
  2. Web site: Ashram Dhaloda website . 9 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160923200412/http://www.ashramdhaloda.com/ . 23 September 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: Biography of Baba Umad Singh . 25 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161112061548/http://www.babaumadsingh.com/biography.html . 12 November 2016 . dead .