Jaswantpura

Jaswantpura is a town (population ~5000) in the Jalore District of Rajasthan, India. It holds the headquarters of panchayat samiti (block) of the same name and is part of the Bhinmal sub division. It is named after the ruler of Marwar (Jodhpur ) Maharaja Jaswant Singh. Prior to 1947, it was the headquarters of the district by the same name.

History

The old name of Jaswantpura was Loyana. Loyana Garh

The loyana Garh is of the rajputs known as ‘Deval’ and was capital thikana of 52 villages(Kalapura to Karada) of Deval pati. Maharana Pratap during his fight against mugal emperor had stayed in loyanagarh for some time and then even got married to the daughter of loyanagarh thakur. After that Maharana Pratap gave the title of ‘Rana’ to the thankur of loyana garh.

After that there was some misunderstanding between Maharaja of Jodhpur and Loyanagarh. The Sardars of Loyanagarh rebelled against the then Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur. Maharaja quelled the rebellion,after two fail attempts, third time he conquered Loyana garh and changed its name to Jaswantpura.

Loyana garh Rana Salam Singh Ji was the rana that time but he ran way. Kuwar Joravar Singh( son of Rana Salam Singh)was taken to jodhpur and given education in Jodhpur by Maharaja Jaswant Singh. Then Maharaja given a village in pali district name Sinla with three villages zagir.

Please see below the Loyanagarh family :-Rana Pana Ji his son named Rana Bhuta Ji.Rana Bhuta Ji have four sons.First was Rana Salam Singh Ji, who stayed in loyanagarh. Second was Thakur Veer Singh Ji, who went to thikana - Gajapura. Third & Fourth was Thakur Bhavani Singh Ji & Thakur Sumer Singh Ji, they both went to a Thikana called Vada.

The complete History of Loyana Garh is with the Thakur of Gajapura.

Transportation

The Sagi river flows through town. The nearest airport to Jaswantpura is in Udaipur. Raniwara is the nearest railway station.

Temples

hanunam ji ka mandir(sunaron ki dharmshala), jain mandir, shiv mandir(madi), mataji ka mandir (famous for garaba), and pataleshawar mahadev ka mandir(bageech). There is a famous Jain Temple in Loyana as Godiji ( shree Godi Parshwanth Bhagawan)this more than 110 years old .

Jaswantpura holds Ma Satimata, and within 20km is the Sunda Mata temple