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| Coordinates | 23°16′N 69°40′E / 23.27°N 69.67°E |
| Country |  India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District(s) | Kachchh |
| Population | 136,429 (2001[update]) |
| Sex ratio | 0.92 ♂/♀ |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 110 m (361 ft) |
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Footnotes
source:Census of India [1]
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Bhuj (ભુજ) is a city and a municipality in Kachchh district in the state of Gujarat, India. It was established by Rao Hamirji in 1510 and was made the state capital by Rao Khengarji I in 1549. Its foundation stone as state capital laid formally on Vikram Samvat 1604 Maagha 5th (Approx. 25th January 1548). Its Presently, it is the district headquarter of the Kachchh district, the second largest district in India. Bhuj is home to one of the first Swaminarayan Sampraday temples, built in 1822.
In January 2001, the city was struck by a major earthquake which caused a great deal of damage to the city.
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[edit] Demographics
The total population of Bhuj was 136,429 in the year 2000, which consisted of 71,056 males and 65,373 females. The total number of houses were 27,992. [1]
[edit] Geography
Bhuj has an average elevation of 110 metres (360 feet). On the eastern side of the town is a hill known as Bhujiyo that separates Bhuj and Madhapar village. It has one big lake named Hamirsar and several small lakes.
The old town was surrounded by the fort, which had five major gates and one small gate known as "bari" (which means window). Much of the fort wall has either fallen down or been demolished, due to the city's development and the earthquake of 2001.
[edit] Transportation
Bhuj is connected to Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi and other major cities of India by trains. It has a domestic airport from where daily flights operate to Mumbai. It is also connected to Madhapar, a wealthy town close to Bhuj city centre, through a network of small roads and new highways.
[edit] Education
Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University[2] is located in Bhuj. University has 22 colleges affiliated, seven of them are in Bhuj. University gives degrees in Arts, Science, Commerce, Law, Education, Management, Pharmacy, Social Welfare and Engineering.
[edit] Culture
Bhuj is a famous destination for shopping of handicraft work. Artists of nearby villages bring their art work for sale in Bhuj. Important landmarks for people wishing to study and know more about Kutchi embroidery are Shrujan, Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan (KMVS), Kalaraksha and Women Artisans' Marketing Agency (WAMA).
[edit] Holy saint of Shree swaminarayan Main Mandir
Guru Swami Ghanasyampriya Dasji and his sincere successor Swami Suryaprakash Acharya The person who wants to succeed in path of life must choose the Guru. The guidance Guru is the most important part in one’s successful life. Guru would be the best teacher, the number one guide and the successful leader. He would be the most helpful person in general life also. The guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge of the soul and the supreme soul that is God Swaminarayan. He should have the wisdom of saint as he is next to God. The real Guru is successful leader to lead the disciple from unreality to reality, from the darkness of ignorance to the light of knowledge. I got chance to get such a holy and the purest Guru, by the grace of God Swaminarayan or holy saints or my parents. His honorable name is Swami Ghanasyampriya Dasji. When I surrendered him, He asked for me unquestioning obedience, though it was really the most difficult for me but I did, as I was blessed one. By the grace of my parents I have seen some divine consciousness in his general activities. As I was His disciple He frequently told me and others that without full trust of disciple upon Guru none has achieved divine consciousness and none has achieved experience the Consciousness of the Reality. I carved in my mind His excellent teachings. Guru Swami Ghanasyampriya Dasji informed me that every disciple should have pays homage to Guru. The person who pays homage to Guru would transcendent the bondage of sorrow and death, and would get experience supreme reality. I have decided that without Guru none could achieve any thing here or there, though Guru is an instrument of God but for me Guru is living God. All kinds of questions automatically are solved by surrendering the Guru and serving Guru with reverence. Shree Krishna has told to Arjuna that to acquire the transcendental knowledge from a Self-realized master, disciples have to behave with humble reverence, sincere inquiry, and with good service to Guru. The wise ones who have realized the Truth will impart the Knowledge to you. So as per I have understood God has appointed Guru on his place. The disciple surrendering to the Guru with sincerity achieves the place of God. Guru Swami Ghanasyampriya Dasji has told me same that if I would do as per his advice he and God Swaminarayan would come at the end of my life. I have understood definitely that Guru is most important in my life as like god Swaminarayan. My Guruji Swami Ghanasyampriya Dasji was really a supreme person as per I have got lessons from him about real character and simple system to do meditation. My Guruji has taught me the lessons of life and inner life also. He taught me lessons of life enjoyment as a saint and also inner heart entertainment. He showed me the real easy path to lead self towards God Swaminarayan. He was really very simple but really great. He passed his life as Guruji about sixty years. He initiated two young boys as the saints and His successors. I was among them one. He had initiated me on Savant 2037 Vachnamrit Jayanti, saying me as Surya Prakash Dash! He called me as Swami Surya Prakash dasji. He blessed me with divine smiling and said be excellent in divine path of God Swaminarayan for ignorant persons. His grace may prove with good result towards devotion path of God Swaminarayan. May Guru Swami Ghanasyampriya Dasji bless to all living being, the characteristic persons and specially Me with jay Swaminarayan. Swami suryaprakash acharya bhuj swaminarayan mandir
[edit] Bhuj as Taluka
Following villages belong to this taluka: Meghpur, Madhapar, Kukma, Sukhpar, Mirjapur, Mankuva, Baladia and Khavda.
[edit] See also
- Nagalpar
- Sinugra
- Bhojay
- Pantiya
- Khedoi
- Lovariya
- Chandiya
- Chandroda
- Mindiyana
- Shinai
- Adipur
- Gandhidham
- Anjar
- Kandla
- Mandvi
- Mundra
- Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhuj
[edit] Administrative Legends
| Preceded by devraj gadhavi |
Village Municipality Head 1991 – 2003 |
Succeeded by Devdan gadhvi |
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Census of India" (aspx). Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2007-06-26. http://censusindia.gov.in/Population_Finder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=6603&category=U.A.. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
- ^ Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University
[edit] External links
Kabir Mandir, Bhuj
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