Khirnal

Khirnal (खिड़नाल) or Kharnal (खरनाल) is the village in Nagaur district where Tejaji was born. It is situated at a distance of 16 km from Nagaur in the southwest direction on Nagaur - Jodhpur Road. The Kharnal village was abandoned many times in the past and presently it is situated at a distance of 1 mile in northwest of ancient village. Tejaji is considered to be folk-deity and worshiped in entire Rajasthan and Malwa in Madhya Pradesh by all communities. He was born on Bhadrapad Shukla Dashmi in year 1074, in the family of Dhaulya gotra Jats. His father was Chaudhary Taharji, a chieftain of Khirnal. His mother's name was Sugna. Mother Sugna is believed to have got son Teja by the blessings of Naag-deity.

Demography

It is the main village of Dhaulya Jats. There are four brances of Dhaulyas descendants of Hema, Dulha, Dhanna and Pipa. Other Jat gotras in the village are Rad, Mahiya, Karvir and Benda.

Other castes dwelling in the village are Muslims, Teli, Nayak, Balai, Luhar, Sunar, Brahman and Baniya. There is no Rajput.

There is a big temple of Tejaji in Kharnal facing north direction. In the temple there is a brass statue of Tejaji with "mukut" and "kalgi" and a "bhala" in hand. Out side the village there is a small temple of Tejaji at a distance of 1.5 km from big temple. People of this village tell that the statue of Tejaji had come out of soil naturally. This statue is believed to be about 1000 year old. this temple is located in Dhawa johar, the water of which is used for drinking for villagers.

Temple of Rajal, sister of Tejaji, who became sati with Tejaji, is situated at a distance of 1 km from village in the east direction.----Kharnal is also a village in Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.

ee also

*Tejaji - for complete information about the deity.
*Sursura
*Paner

References

* Mansukh Ranwa: Kshatriya Shiromani Vir Tejaji (क्षत्रिय शिरोमणि वीर तेजाजी), 2001