32-478: [REDACTED] Look up sa:धारी in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dhari may refer to: Places [ edit ] Dhari, Gujarat , India Dhari Junction railway station Dhari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Dhari, Nepal People [ edit ] Harith al-Dhari (1941–2015), an Iraqi Sunni Arab cleric Jamal al-Dhari (born 1965),
64-806: A leader of the al-Zoba tribe in Iraq Dhari Ali al-Fayadh (c. 1918 – 2005), an Iraqi Member of Parliament Dhari Almutairi , a Kuwaiti paralympic athlete Dhari Malla , king of the Mallabhum 1554–1565 Dhari Hambir Malla Dev , or Dhari Hambeera, king of the Mallabhum 1620–1626 Dhari Said (born 1987), a Kuwaiti footballer Other uses [ edit ] Dhari (headdress) , an elaborate dancer's headdress used by Torres Strait Islander men See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Dhari Dari (disambiguation) Dhadi (disambiguation) Dharani (disambiguation) Dharan (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
96-463: Is Minnagara , from which much cotton cloth is brought down to Barygaza . In earliest foreign mention, Egyptian mathematician, geographer, astrologer Claudius Ptolemy and Greek manuscript Periplus both call this region "Surastrene" The region is mentioned in the Junagadh Rock inscription dating 150 CE, attributed to Rudradaman I . Prior to this, during the rule of Ashoka (268–232 BCE),
128-596: Is about 800 millimetres (31 in). Dhari is a both a Taluka and a Village Panchayat contained in that Taluka in Amreli District. Dhari has the population of about 35000. Dhari Taluka is divided into many Village Panchayats such as Dhari, Prempara, Vekariya Para, Line Para, Haripara, Vaghapara. Dhari is located on the banks of river Shetrunji on which the Khodiyar Dam is built. Two other rivers, Dedhio and Nataliyo, also pass through Dhari. Dhari
160-1041: Is connected with the rest of Gujarat by road and Meter Gauge railway on Dhasa Visavadar line, but no direct connection is available to Ahmedabad . The nearest airport is Diu, but Rajkot is also convenient. Galadhara (in Dhari) is very holy place which place of Hindu goddess "Aai shree khodiyar maa". The Khodiyar Dam is named after the Hindu goddess khodiyar which is located to Galdhara khodiyar temple in Dhari. Mamlatdar, Principal Civil Court, Taluka Panchayat, Sub Treasury, S.D.M., Police station, and Forest Gir (East)Division, Agriculture engineering Collage, Grassland Research Station offices are in Dhari. Savar Kundala, Khambha, Amreli, Bagasara of Amreli District and Visavadar, Kodinar and Una of Gir Somnath District are nearest Taluka Places. Tulsishyam,Kankai and Banej are holy places about 30 km away from Dhari in forest of Gir. Kesar Mango of Dhari
192-521: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dhari, Gujarat Dhari is a town in Amreli District in Indian state of Gujarat , India . It is an administrative headquarter of the Dhari tehsil(almost 87 villages and ness).Dhari is the most populous town in Amreli District as per census 2011 with 30352 population. Dhari is located on
224-423: Is established in 1992. Dr. R. K. Dave is Principal. NSS is one of the activities in this college. Other self finance Arts & Commerce College is Opp. Railway Station for co-education. Recently Arunbhai Muchhala Self Finance Engineering college has been started by Arunbhai Muchhala (resident of Sarasiya, Dhari). Even, new BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir is built on the birthplace of Shri Yogiji Maharaj which adds glory in
256-728: Is located in Saurashtra region of Gujarat and is situated near the Shetrunji River , which is passes north of Palitana 's hills, Shatrunjaya , then in a southeasterly direction past Talaja Hill, through a peninsula, before reaching the Gulf of Cambay , approximately 9.7 km (6 mi) north of Goapnath Point. The weather in Dhari is sunny from September to May, and rainy from June to August. The average maximum and minimum temperatures are 46 °C (114.8 °F) and 5 °C (48 °F) respectively. The average annual rainfall
288-576: Is one well for fewer than 20 people or one well every 300 metres". Amri Saurashtra went through severe droughts over the years to the extent that people could no longer grow crops, nor did they have drinking water available. There has been in recent times a campaign to take up rain water harvesting. Significantly, the Check dam campaign from the late 1990s brought almost a drastic change resulting in raising water tables in Saurashtra. However, in 2019,
320-500: Is world famous. Famous Gir Lions can be seen in surrounding area of Dhari. Dhari is a birthplace of the famous Swaminarayan saint Shri Jinabhai Vasanji known as Yogiji Maharaj. Dhari has also Jain Derasar situated at Kandoi street, which is 100 years old. Mulnayak is shri Aadinathji. Dhari has very good teaching facilities up to graduate level. Anoopam Missions Mogari's Yogiji Maharaj Mahavidyalya(Mahila Arts & Commerce College)
352-510: The Diu district of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu union territory. The name "Saurashtra" itself is from Sanskrit सौराष्ट्र ( saurāṣṭra , transl. from Saurashtra ), the vṛddhi form of सुराष्ट्र ( surāṣṭra , transl. Saurashtra ), derived from सु ( su , transl. good ) + राष्ट्र ( rāṣṭra , transl. nation ). Thus
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#1732791915484384-419: The trade of silk clothes and diamonds to the royal families of ancient South India, as the silk became the attire of royal families after the period of Gupta dynasty . These Brahmins who trace their ancestry to the historical region of Saurashtra are now known as the Saurashtra people . Several historians believe that it was Saurashtrian textile merchants who introduced idly to South India during
416-496: The 10th and 12th centuries. There are even claims that a mix of rice and urad dal ground together and later steamed to form cakes had its origins in Gujarat . This was called Iddada . For a long time, the name Sorath referred to this region. From the 9th to 14th century Chudasama Rajput ruled Sorath with their capitals Vanthali and Junagadh alternatively. The Chudasama Rajputs ruled Sorath longer than any others, until
448-492: The Indian National Congress between 1955 and 1959, became Saurashtra's first Chief Minister. He was succeeded by Rasiklal Umedchand Parikh on 19 December 1954. On 1 November 1956, Saurashtra was merged into Bombay state . In 1960 Bombay state was divided along linguistic lines into the new states of Gujarat and Maharashtra . The territory of Saurashtra, including Junagadh and all of Sorath, became part of
480-482: The Kingdom of Nambanus and of all India. That part of it lying inland and adjoining Scythia is called Abiria , but the coast is called Syrastrene. It is a fertile country, yielding wheat and rice and sesame oil and clarified butter, cotton and the Indian cloths made therefrom, of the coarser sorts. Very many cattle are pastured there, and the men are of great stature and black in colour. The metropolis of this country
512-603: The Sorath area came under Muslim rule. Sorath, a Muslim name of Saurashtra, was initially one of ten prants , but by the colonial age it was one of only four surviving ones, the others being absorbed. The salute state Junagadh (alias "Junagarh" or the "Old Fort"), founded during British rule, and its neighbouring states were controlled by the Western India States Agency (WISA). In 1947, Junagadh's Muslim ruler desired to accede his territory to Pakistan, but
544-449: The bank of Shetrunji River , 42 km(26.2 mi) from district headquarter Amreli & 318 km(199.8 mi) from state capital Gandhinagar . Dhari is famous for kesar mango and Asiatic lion . Dhari is capital of East Gir Forest. Dhari is located at 21°19′36″N 71°01′31″E / 21.3266°N 71.0253°E / 21.3266; 71.0253 . It has an average elevation of 216m (708') above sea level. The city
576-611: The circular design included the inscription "SORUTH POSTAGE" at the top, and "ONE ANNA OF A RUPEE" (or "FOUR ANNAS...") at the bottom. Some of these were surcharged in 1913–14, followed by redesigned stamps in 1914. A set of eight stamps in 1929 included pictures of Junagadh, the Gir lion , and the Kathi horse in addition to the nawab. In 1937 the one anna value was reissued reading "POSTAGE AND REVENUE". The Indian province of Saurashtra did not design any of its own stamps, but before adopting
608-628: The history of the town. In Dhari there are four Nationalized Banks SBI, BOB, Dena Bank and BOI. Dhari is the birthplace of Yogiji Maharaj , the fourth spiritual successor of Swaminarayan as per the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha . It is also birth place of Diwaliben Bhil , who know is also koyal of Gujarat. It is land of veer ram vala. Manubhai kotadiya who is former water resource minister of India. Arjan Koli and Hari Koli were two Koli brothers from dhari town. They saved
640-461: The idols of deities of these temples were moved to other places, one of those is located at Kanakaditya Temple at Kasheli near Pawas in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra . The location of other 11 idols are currently unknown. The Saurashtra region comprises the south western part of modern Gujarat state and the districts included in this region are: The region also historically encompassed
672-528: The isolation of Kathiawar, except one narrow neck which connects it on the north-east with the mainland of Gujarat. The peninsula is sometimes referred to as Kathiawar after the Kathi Darbar , which once ruled most of the region. However, Saurashtra is not entirely synonymous with Kathiawar, since a small portion of the historical Saurashtra region extends beyond the Kathiawar peninsula. Sorath forms
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#1732791915484704-543: The life of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda State from a lion during hunting in 1933. After that both brothers were respected in open court and their statues were established in royal baug by Sayajirao Gaekwad. Saurashtra region Saurashtra , also known as Kathiawar , is a peninsular region of Gujarat , India, located on the Arabian Sea coast. It covers about a third of Gujarat state, notably 11 districts of Gujarat, including Rajkot District . It
736-438: The local princes and petty subas (totalling 222 in Saurashtra alone). However, Maharaja Krishnakumar Sinhji of Bhavnagar State readily extended to offer his large and royal empire of Bhavnagar / Gohilwar to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and Bhavnagar became the first in the country to be merged into the union of India. The capital of Saurashtra was Rajkot . Uchharangray Navalshankar Dhebar, who later went on to become President of
768-531: The name literally means "good nation." Referred to as Saurashtra and as some other names as well over a period of time, since the Mahabharata and Vedic period , this region is mentioned again as Surastrene, or Saraostus in the first century CE Periplus of the Erythraean Sea : "Beyond the gulf of Baraca is that of Barygaza and the coast of the country of Ariaca, which is the beginning of
800-460: The predominantly Hindu population rebelled. After India's independence in 1947, 217 princely states of Kathiawar, including the former Junagadh State, were merged to form the state of Saurashtra on 15 February 1948. Initially, it was named United State of Kathiawar , which was renamed to Saurashtra State in November 1948. The exercise took up a lot of Shri Vallabhbhai Patel's time to convince
832-406: The region and its agro-economy to a certain extent. It is found that water was easily available in the region 10 to 15 years ago. Ashvin A. Shah, a US-based engineering consultant who conducted a survey in 1998 on water availability in the region, says, "The presence of 700,000 dugwells in Saurashtra region indicates the presence of extensive groundwater aquifers throughout the region. This means there
864-479: The region was under Yavana Tushaspa, and governed by Pushyagupta during Chandragupta Maurya 's reign (322BC – 298BC). From the 8th to 11th century, Brahmin merchants from Saurashtra region started migrating towards Southern India due to the frequent Muslim invasions , these merchants upon the invitation of Chola , Pandya , Vijayanagara , Nayak and Thanjavur Maratha Kings set up mercantile silk-weaving guilds throughout Southern India and were involved in
896-446: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dhari . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dhari&oldid=1169755935 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
928-425: The southern portion of the peninsula. "Sau" means 100 and "rasthra" means languages and Sourasthra is made up with 100 languages so there isn't one original word. According to few experts, the name Saurashtra is derived from Saura Rashtra. In Sanskrit, Saura means Sun and Rashtra means country. It means, country of Sun, and there were 12 sun temples in ancient times in this region. Due to continued Islamic invasions,
960-399: The stamps of India, Saurashtra issued a court fee stamp overprinted for postal use, then created more one anna stamps by surcharging three stamps of the 1929 issue. Saurashtra has been a flourishing region and rich in natural resources since ancient times, while having gone through several droughts especially during the 20th century. Water resources and its related dynamics have influenced
992-414: The state of Gujarat . The first postage stamps of the state were issued for Princely State of Junagadh in 1864. They consisted of three lines of Hindi script in colourless letters on black, and were produced by hand-stamping with watercolor ink. A second issue in 1868 used coloured letters, printed in black or red on several colours of paper. The issue of 1877 was the first to include Latin letters;
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1024-578: Was formerly a state of India before it merged with Bombay state . In 1961 it separated from Bombay and joined Gujarat. Saurashtra peninsula is bound on the south and south-west by the Arabian Sea, on the north-west by the Gulf of Kutch and on the east by the Gulf of Khambhat . From the apex of these two gulfs, the Little Rann of Kutch and Khambhat , waste tracts half salt morass half sandy desert, stretch inland towards each other and complete
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