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.
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]
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