Narlai
Narlai | |
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Narlai Location in Rajasthan, India Narlai Narlai (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°19′00″N 73°32′00″E / 25.3167°N 73.5333°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Pali |
| Talukas | Desuri |
| Government | |
| • Body | Gram Panchayat |
| Elevation | 356 m (1,168 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 6,190 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Marwari |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 306703 |
| Telephone code | 02934 |
| Vehicle registration | RJ-22 |
| Sex ratio | 1085 ♂/♀ |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Pali (Lok Sabha Constituency) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Bali |
| Civic agency | Gram Panchayat |
| Avg. annual temperature | 30 °C (86 °F) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 44 °C (111 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 05 °C (41 °F) |
Narlai is a village in Desuri tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan state in India. According to the 2001 Census of India, Narlai has a population of 6,190: 2,968 men and 3,222 women.[1]
In old times, Narlai had over 100 temples. Currently, there are 22 beautifully carved temples which are open to visitors. Narlai has a granite monolith hill, known as Jaikal Hill, which offers a lovely view of the Godwar area after a climb of over 700 steps. The hill includes a few hundred meter long cave, which contains a Shiva temple. [2]
Rawla Narlai, is a 17th-century palace in Narlai, now converted to a heritage hotel.[3]
History
Narlai is identified with the place called Nāḍūlaḍāgikā mentioned in two Chāhamāna-era inscriptions, one from 1138 and the other from 1145. This indicates that Narlai functioned as a commercial centre during that period, and there is mention of some sort of fee being levied on bulls laden with merchants' goods. During this period, Narlai was part of a cluster of trade centres under Chāhamāna rule in what is now south-central Rajasthan. The others known from contemporary sources were Nadol, Dhalopa, Sevadi, and Badari.[4]: 97, 100
On 15 June 1680, Tahawwur Khan, Aurangzeb's general, was defeated here by the combined force of Rathores and Sisodia Rajputs.[5]
References
- ^ Narlai Population
- ^ Hemnani, Suresh (9 May 2019). "हमारी विरासत : मंदिरों की नगरी एवं प्राचीन आध्यात्मिक स्थली के नाम से प्रसिद्व है नारलाई - History of Narlai village of Pali district". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ Rajasthan (India) (1976). Rajasthan [district Gazetteers].: Pali. Gazetteer of India. Printed at Government Central Press. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ Chattopadhyaya, Brajadulal (1994). The Making of Early Medieval India (PDF). New Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-564076-4. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Sarkar 1920, p. 384.
- Sarkar, J. (1920). History of Aurangzib: Northern India, 1658-1681. 3d ed. rev., and corr. 1928. History of Aurangzib: Based on Original Sources. M.C. Sarkar & sons. Retrieved 3 March 2022.