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Vasa or Wasa

Vasantpur, Vasantgarh
Vasa or Wasa Vasantpur, Vasantgarh
Village
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Sirohi
Population (2001)
• Total	8,676
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	307024
Telephone code	02971
ISO 3166 code	RJ-IN
Vehicle registration	RJ-38-
Nearest city	Abu Road
Lok Sabha constituency	Jalore
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Pindwada

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][1]

References

^ Temples of Rajasthan by Ramavallabh Somani page 441
^ Temples of Rajasthan by Ramavallabh Somani page 442
^ Temples of Rajasthan by Ramavallabh Somani page 442

(1) Rajasthan [district Gazetteers].: Sirohi published and Printed at Government of India Central Press, 1967, refer page 12,202 and 441
(2) Book : Identity, Gender, and Poverty: New Perspectives on Caste and Tribe in Rajasthan : By Maya Unnithan-Kumar
(3) Temples of Rajasthan, by Ramavallab Somani [2]
(4) Sun Temple in vasa [3]
(5) Created by Mr Parth Ketan Ojha , vasa Currently in Jaipur.