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Bijolia
Bijoliya is a census town in Bhilwara district in the state of Rajasthan, India and is surrounded by nature and waterfalls and is famous for Tapodaya Teerth Kshetra and Mandakini Temple.
Bijoliya Kalan is located at 25°9′50″N 75°19′30″E / 25.16389°N 75.32500°E. It has an average elevation of 512 m (1,680 ft) The town is in the southeast of Bhilwara. It is close to the borders of the District Bundi. It is walled with two gates (north and south) and situated on a plateau called the Uparmal.
Distance from various cities: 50 km from Bundi on the Bundi-Chittauragarh road, 70 km from Kota on NH 27, 85 km from Bhilwara on Bhilwara-Kota national highway via NH 758 and NH 27.
As of 2001[update] India census, Beejoliya Kalan had a population of 12,384. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Beejoliya Kalan has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The Hindu god Shiva's temple is at Tiliswa Mahadev Temple at the Rajasthan-Madhya Pradesh border.
The fort, Mandakini temple and Shree Digambar Jain Parshwanath Atishaya Teerthkhshetra are the main attractions. The fort is on Bundi Chttaurgarh road. A high paved courtyard on the side of the fort has a large temple of Shiva. A carved archway leads to the temple that has a fine image of Hindu god Ganesh. The Shiva temple is called Hajaresvara Mahadeva temple. It has a high linga surrounded by hundreds of small lingas and hence called Hajaresvara or Sahastralinga. Near by Mandakani Kund is a holy water tank. Other attractions are five Jain temples dedicated to Paraswnath and the remains of a palace and two rock inscriptions.
Protected Monuments By Archaeological Survey of India in Rajasthan contains three sites from Bijolia village:
The Bijolia inscription dating back V.S. 1226 (1170 AD), issued during the reign of the Chahamana king Someshvara, is very important because it throws a new light on the early history of the Chahamana dynasty. It has thirty lines and ninety verses. In various verses praise has been offered to Rishabhnatha, the first Jain Tirthankara, Shantinatha (16th Tirthankara), Parshvanatha (23rd Tirthankara) and Mahavira, 24th and last Tirthankara. It mentions the destruction of some small Chaulukya cities by the Someshvara's predecessor Vigraharaja IV.
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Bijolia
Bijoliya is a census town in Bhilwara district in the state of Rajasthan, India and is surrounded by nature and waterfalls and is famous for Tapodaya Teerth Kshetra and Mandakini Temple.
Bijoliya Kalan is located at 25°9′50″N 75°19′30″E / 25.16389°N 75.32500°E. It has an average elevation of 512 m (1,680 ft) The town is in the southeast of Bhilwara. It is close to the borders of the District Bundi. It is walled with two gates (north and south) and situated on a plateau called the Uparmal.
Distance from various cities: 50 km from Bundi on the Bundi-Chittauragarh road, 70 km from Kota on NH 27, 85 km from Bhilwara on Bhilwara-Kota national highway via NH 758 and NH 27.
As of 2001[update] India census, Beejoliya Kalan had a population of 12,384. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Beejoliya Kalan has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The Hindu god Shiva's temple is at Tiliswa Mahadev Temple at the Rajasthan-Madhya Pradesh border.
The fort, Mandakini temple and Shree Digambar Jain Parshwanath Atishaya Teerthkhshetra are the main attractions. The fort is on Bundi Chttaurgarh road. A high paved courtyard on the side of the fort has a large temple of Shiva. A carved archway leads to the temple that has a fine image of Hindu god Ganesh. The Shiva temple is called Hajaresvara Mahadeva temple. It has a high linga surrounded by hundreds of small lingas and hence called Hajaresvara or Sahastralinga. Near by Mandakani Kund is a holy water tank. Other attractions are five Jain temples dedicated to Paraswnath and the remains of a palace and two rock inscriptions.
Protected Monuments By Archaeological Survey of India in Rajasthan contains three sites from Bijolia village:
The Bijolia inscription dating back V.S. 1226 (1170 AD), issued during the reign of the Chahamana king Someshvara, is very important because it throws a new light on the early history of the Chahamana dynasty. It has thirty lines and ninety verses. In various verses praise has been offered to Rishabhnatha, the first Jain Tirthankara, Shantinatha (16th Tirthankara), Parshvanatha (23rd Tirthankara) and Mahavira, 24th and last Tirthankara. It mentions the destruction of some small Chaulukya cities by the Someshvara's predecessor Vigraharaja IV.