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Buhana is a tehsil (sub-district) and a municipality in the Jhunjhunu district of the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Buhana | |
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Village | |
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  Buhana Location in Rajasthan, India  Buhana Buhana (India) | |
| Coordinates: 28°12′19″N 75°52′41″E / 28.2052257°N 75.8779764°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Jhunjhunu |
| Government | |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Elevation | 338 m (1,109 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,495 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 333502 |
| ISO 3166 code | RJ-IN |
| Vehicle registration | RJ- |
History
editThe village was founded in 1234 by Bhawani Singh.[citation needed] The Village was named Buhana after Bhawani Singh.
Main sights
edit- Religious buildings
Buhana 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.[citation needed] 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
edit- Baba Umad Singh (19th century), Hindu spiritual leader[3]
References
edit- ^ Buhana (2011 Census of India)
- ^ "Ashram Dhaloda website". Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Biography of Baba Umad Singh". Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
External links
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