Vasa, Rajasthan Explained

Vasa or Wasa
Other Name:Vasantpur, Vasantgarh
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Label Position:24 degrees, 36.9 N, 72 Degrees, 57.8 E
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Rajasthan, India
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Rajasthan
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sirohi
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:8676
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:307024
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:02971
Registration Plate:RJ-38-
Blank1 Name Sec1:Nearest city
Blank1 Info Sec1:Abu Road
Blank2 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Jalore
Blank3 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank3 Info Sec1:Pindwada
Iso Code:RJ-IN

Vasa is a village in Sirohi District in Rajasthan state in India. It is 9 km from Swarupganj and 25 km from Abu Road and also known as Vasantpur or Vasantgarh. Vasa also has got a temple Laxminarayan Mandir whose foundation stone was laid by Mirabai.

History

Vasa fell within a Princely Village before Indian Independence in 1947, and was ruled by the Parmar Rajput dynasty (one of the major Rajput clan of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh) under British dominion. Vasa was established by Sher Singh Parmar in the twelfth century. The last ruler was Thakur Sardar Singh (1927). The royal family of Parmar worship Sun or Surya Narayan Dev as their kuldevta, whose temple is also there in the village.[1]

Geography

Vasa Mere than a mile to the north-east of Rohera is the village of Rajasthan, on the outskirt of which is a fine temple of Surya (the sun god) of the eleventh or twelfth century. The village itself has various temples.[2]

Vasa is famous for its sun temple, Jambeshwar Mahadev temple, vav (Stepwell of Vasa), Jamdgani Rushi Ashram and many other old temples. The sun temple is also called Surya Narayana mandir and was built in the twelfth century, as was the vav(stepwell).[3] http://wikimapia.org/#lat=24.6207588&lon=72.9790664&z=18&l=0&m=b

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Notes and References

  1. Temples of Rajasthan by Ramavallabh Somani page 441
  2. Temples of Rajasthan by Ramavallabh Somani page 442
  3. Temples of Rajasthan by Ramavallabh Somani page 442