Ladnu
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Ladnun is a city and a municipality
Municipality
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 in Nagaur district
Nagaur District
Nagaur District is one of the 33 districts of the state of Rajasthan in western India.Area of the district is 17,718 km2. The city of Nagaur is the district headquarters.- Geography :...

 in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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 of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

.

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Ladnun is a city and a municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in Nagaur
Nagaur
Nagaur is a city in the state of Rajasthan in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Nagaur District. The Nagaur city lies about midway between Jodhpur and Bikaner. It was founded by the Naga Kshatriyas.- History :...

 district in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

, it is also
tehsil headquarter and subdivision. Ladnun Tehsil have [139 village] all are revenue producing
village Nimbi Jodha, Kasumbi and Sunari
Sunari
Sunari is a village in Nagaur district’s Ladnun tehsil. It is 12 km west of Ladnun and 20 km south-west of Sujangarh.it is situated from Nagaur on to Ladnun road....

 are biggest villages and have 32 sarpanch
Sarpanch
A sarpanch is a democratically elected head of a village level statutory institution of local self-government called the gram panchayat in India and Pakistan. He, together with other elected Panchas , constitute the Gram Panchayat. The Sarpanch is the focal point of contact between government...

 more than 100 panch, Ladnun has M.L.A seat under Rajasthan
Vidhan Sabha
Vidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 and it come under Nagaur Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

 seat. Ladnun have 32 elected ward members
in Ladnun Municipality. Ladnun has one Panchayat Samiti
Panchayat samiti
Panchayat samiti is a local government body at the tehsil or Taluka level in India. It works for the villages of the Tehsil or Taluka that together are called a Development Block. The Panchayat Samiti is the link between the Gram Panchayat and the district administration. There are a number of...

, Tehsil and sub-division offices.
Ladnun have one S.D.M.(CJ) Court and a stadium.
Ladnun is officially known as Ladnun. It was earlier known as Chanderi Nagari, it is 380 km
west of Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

 and 225 km north-west of Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....

. Its population approx. 57,047 as of 2001 India
census. It is situated 329 m high from the mean sea level. Its is situated between 27° 39' 0" north
latitude and 74° 23'-1" east longitude.
It is surrounded by good natural and cultural heritage. The city is heading towards spiritual
tourist city. Famous Jain Vishva Bharati Institution (founded by Acharya Tulsi in 1970) situated
here. In Jain Vishva Bharati yoga and meditation camps for attitudinal change, behavioral
modification and integrated development of personality in Ladnun, Rajasthan.

History

Glorified by the bards, the history of Ladnun finds mention even in the Mahabharata
Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....

. The kingdom of Shishupala
Shishupala
Shishupala or Sisupala was son of Damaghosha, king of Chedi, by Srutadeva, sister of Vasudeva. Therefore he was not only cousin of Krishna, but also Krishna's implacable foe, because Krishna had carried off Rukmini, his intended wife...

 conquered it in the beginning of the 12th century BC. In 16th century AD king of Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Jodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...

, Maldeo Rathore, annexed Ladnun and ruled before the merger of the states Ladnun was a part of erstwhile Jodhpur state.

Historical Monuments:
Among the four famous dargah
Dargah
A Dargah is a Sufi shrine built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint. Local Muslims visit the shrine known as . Dargahs are often associated with Sufi meeting rooms and hostels, known as khanqah...

s of Ladnun, the most ancient is that of Umarshahpir, which has the inscription of the year Hizri
Hijri year
The Hijri year is year numbering system used in the Islamic calendar. It commemorates the Hijra , or emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622 CE. In Arabic, AH is symbolized by the letter هـ...

 772.Thus, we come to know that it was built before the year AH 772.

The Jami mosque, the oldest of the fourteen known mosques, was originally built with monolithic beams and brackets on an Arab-type plan and consisting of a colonnade round a courtyard, in the Ghurid of Khalji period, was restored during the period of Firoz Shah, nephew of Muhammad-bin-Tughluq.

The town contains a place sacred to Jainism
Jainism
Jainism is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice emphasize the necessity of self-effort to move the soul towards divine consciousness and liberation. Any soul that has conquered its own inner enemies and achieved the state...

 as well. The ancient Digambara Bara Jain Temple
Derasar
A derasar is a temple for followers of Jainism, except for non-murtipujak Svetambaras. Derasar is a word used in Gujarat, Kutch and parts of Rajasthan, in other parts of India, the term Jain Mandir is used for all the Jain temples. Jain idols of Tirthankaras are worshipped there...

, situated in the heart of the city, had the idol of the deity Saraswati
Saraswati
In Hinduism Saraswati , is the goddess of knowledge, music, arts, science and technology. She is the consort of Brahma, also revered as His Shakti....

,one of the finest of that time. It has the inscription of the year 1229 AD. It has magnificent temple houses, several artistic and rare idols of Tirthankaras, beautiful images, engraved pillars, rare pieces of art and old Jain manuscripts. The main temple, situated within it, is 10 feet deep inside the Earth and in its lowest floor there is a beautiful idol of Shantinath
Shantinath
Shantinath was the sixteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present age . According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Shantinath was born to King Viswasen Raja and Queen Achira Rani at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku clan...

. On the crown of the Lord Shantinath an inscription clearly indicates that the temple is build on Aashaadha
Aashaadha
Aashaadha is a month of the Hindu calendar. In India's national civil calendar, Aashaadh is the fourth month of the year, beginning on 22 June and ending on 22 July. The month is known as Aadi in Tamil...

 Sukla 8, Samvat
Samvat
Samvat is any of the various Hindu calendars. In India, there are several calendars in use:* Vikrama Samvat: lunar months, solar sidereal years* Shaka Samvat : lunar months, solar sidereal years* Shaka Samvat : solar tropical...

 1136. This shows that the temple is more than 1000 years old. In the second vedica chamber, there is an idol of the second Tirthankara, Ajitnath
Ajitnath
Ajitnatha was the second Jain Tirthankar of the present age . According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. The soul that became Bhagavan Ajitnath, in its earlier incarnation, was the great king Vimalvahan of Susima city in Mahavideh area. He...

. This idol is 74x60 cm in dimension and made of marble. An inscription on the idol is found of Baisak Sukla 13, Sanwat 1209. In front of Bhagwan Ajitnathji idol there is also a marble door with two pillars. The two pillars are decorated with artistic jaina images. In art gallery there are 166 marble an idol of Rishabha
Rishabha (Jain tirthankar)
In Jainism, R̥ṣabha or Ādinātha , also known as the "Lord of Kesariya") was the first of the 24 Tīrthaṅkaras. According to Jain beliefs, R̥ṣabha founded the Ikshvaku dynasty and was the first Tīrthaṅkara of the present age...

 made of brown dtone, and two idols of bhagwan Parshva
Parshva
Pārśva or Paras was the twenty-third Tirthankara "Ford-Maker" in Jainism . He is the earliest Jain leader generally accepted as a historical figure. Pārśva was a nobleman belonging to the Kshatriya varna....

nath with nine headed serpents. An beautiful image of Neminath
Neminath
Neminatha was twenty-second Jain Tirthankar of the present age . According to Jain beliefs, he became a Siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. He is also known as Arishtanemi He along with Rishabha or Adinatha is mentioned in the Rig Veda Samhita...

 is also found in art fallery. Several other images made of metals are found in digging in the nearby areas of Ladnun are placed in this art gallery. This temple is built and repaired several times but its magnificence, beauty, purity and calmness is preserved through ages.

Ladnun has also witnessed the valour of Great Amarkot(Rathore) who challenged the mighty Mughal Empire. The town of Ladnun in the district has gained its place on the map of the country being the headquarters of the famous Jain Vishva Bharati which has become a centre of spiritual learnings and knowledge under the leadership of Acharya Tulsi
Acharya Tulsi
Acharya Tulsi was a Jainist Acharya . He was the founder of the Anuvrata and the Jain Vishva Bharti Institute, Ladnun and the author of over one-hundred books. Dr. Radhakrishnan in his "Living with Purpose" included him in the world's 15 great persons. He was given the title "Yuga-Pradhan" in a...

, a great Jain saint, who has propagated the philosophy of “ANUVRAT” in order to enlighten people in this area of the country. Acharya Tulsi’s birthplace was also Ladnun and he was awarded Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
The Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration is the prestigious award accorded by the Indian National Congress. This Award is given annually starting from 1985 to distinguished persons/institutions for promoting national integration and understanding and fellowship amongst religious groups,...

 in 1993-94.

Famous personalities

Emperors Ararmal, Bhojraj and Rao Jaisingh.
Great freedom fighter Surajsingh (Surjan Bhai)
Rashtra Saint Acharya Tulsi, Saint kavi Govindram, Saint Sri Siddhasagar, Saith Ganpat Roa Sarawgi(Bhamasah of Ladnun), Sadhvi Pramukha Mahasramni Kanakprabha,Arvind Nahar (Ladnun Samachar)
Bhanwar Lal Jangid,Vidrohi Sohan dan Charan Malasi,Surajnarayan Rathi,Swami Ramniwasji (Ram Dwara), Swami Ramnarayanji (bada Ram Dwara),
Saint shri Amrit Ram, Shri Deepanker Sharma,Dr.Guharai,Shri Hanuman mal Bengani,Shri Joharimal Bengani,Shri Jaichandlal Bhutoria

Heritage and religious places

Jain Vishva Bharati

Sukhdev Ashram

Digambar Jain Bada Mandir

Kabutarkhana

Valour of Narsingh ji

Valour of Amarkot Shaheed

Ramanand Goushala

Adinath Mandir

Chandrasagar smarak Mandir

Shantinath Mandir

Charbhujanath Mandir

Sadhvi Pannaji ki Samadhi

Neelkanth Mahadev Mandir

Karant Balaji

Vir Balaji Mandir

Hanuman Mandir

Umarshah Gaji Dargah

Acharya Tulsi’s Birth Place (2nd patty)

Arya Samaj Mandir


Nearest tourist places

Balaji Mandir on Dungar Hill - 9 km

Pabolao - 2 km

Mangalpura Bagichi - 3 km

Peethwale Balaji - 2 km

Dronanchal Arham Ashram - 10 km

Venktesh Mandir, Sujangarh - 14 km

Singhi Mandir - 14 km

Tal Chhapar Sanctuary
Tal Chhapar Sanctuary
Tal Chhapar Sanctuary is a sanctuary located in the Churu district of Northwestern Rajasthan in the Shekhawati region of India. It is 210 km from Jaipur and situated on road from Ratangarh to Sujangarh. The Tal Chappar sanctuary lies in the Sujangarh Tehsil of Churu District...

 - 25 km

Salasar
Salasar
Salasar is a village in India. Salasar is located on National Highway No. 65 of Sujangarh in the district of Churu, about 130 km from Jaipur and 350 km from Delhi famous, for Salasar Balaji temple...

 Hanuman Mandir - 37 km

Khimsar Fort - 120 km

Some famous fairs

Gangaur Mela

Sheetla Mata Mela

Savaan Teej Mela

Dasahra Festival

Ramdevji Ka Mela

Narsingh Chaturdas

Pabolao Cattle Fair

Climate & rainfall

Ladnun has a dry climate with a hot summer. Sand storms are common in summer. The climate of
the city is conspicuous by extreme dryness, large variations of temperature and highly variable
rainfall. The mercury in the Mercury Barometer keeps on rising intensely from March till June.
These are the hottest months. The maximum temperature recorded in the city is 47°C with 0°C as
the lowest recorded temperature. The average temperature of the city is 23.5°C. The winter
season extends from mid November till the beginning of March. Rainy season is of a short during
from July to mid September. The average rainfall in the city is 36.16 cm & 51.5% humidity.

Existing infrastructure

Educational:
The city is having more than 20 Educational Institutions out of which one is University, one is
Girls College and there are five Higher Secondary schools. Other schools are middle and primary
schools. The main ones are the following:

Jain Vishva Bharati University

Vimal Vidya Vihar Senior Secondary school

Surajmal Bhutoria Balika Senior Secondary school

Johri Government Senior Secondary school

Adarsh Vidhya Mandir (Vidhya Bharti)

Health Facilities:
The details of health facilities are as follows:

Seth Ganpat Rai Saravagi Government Hospital

Mangalam Hospital

Raj Hospital, Teli Road

Jain Matra shisu Nursing Home, Station Road

MN Ghorawat Nursing Home, Didwana Road

Aakash Hospital, Teli Road

Ridhkaran Saravagi Government Ayurvedic Hospital

Sukhdev Netra Chikitsalya

Medical Stores:

Amenities:
The city has one Post Office and three sub post office and four Nationalized Banks.

Water:
Ladnun has heavily deep underground water resources and one government water supply office
“Water works” working under J.E.N.
From Ladnun drinking water is supplied to more than 80 villages and towns.

Electricity:
The city is connected with electricity facilities. It has 33 kV and 132kV electric sub stations
(G.S.) and one government electric supply office working under A.E.N.

Road/transportation

The roads are very narrow inside the city. It is connected with Sujangarh(12km) and
Didwana(32km)
By NH65 and Kishangarh-Hanumangarh Megahighway.
Distance from Important Cities:

Jaipur - 220km

Udaipur - 500km

Bikaner - 200km

Jodhpur - 240km

Delhi - 400km

Buses Available from:

Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Kuchaman, Ahmedabad, Indore, Delhi.

Rail Network:

The rail lines of Delhi-Rewari-Ratangarh-Degana-Jodhpur pass through Ladnun station. After
work of gauge conversation from meter gauge to broad gauge is completed and two passenger train is running (Merta Road to Rewari Jn and Jodhpur to Hissar) on this route. It is the shortest route of railway to connect Delhi to Jodhpur.and in the Railbudget 2011-12 two new mail express Train announce on this sec are Jodhpur to Delhi and jammu Tawai-Ratangarh-Ladnun-Jodhpur-Ahmedabad-Surat-Bandra
Nearest Railway Station:

Nagaur - 97km

Degana - 110km

Kuchaman City- 98km

Ajmer - 180km

Jaipur - 216km
Nearest Airport:

Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi 287km

Jaipur Airport 168km

Jodhpur Airport 203km

Udaipur Airport 341km

Telecommunication:

There is one Electronic Exchange with modern facilities.

Industries

Agricultural machinery, wooden camel cart, textile hand printing and dying industry, kutir
udyog (papar, bari, sweet saffron, etc.) and khadi and handloom made blanket and shawl industry
and building materials. Stone industries are going to develop near by ladnun and village Sunari
Sunari
Sunari is a village in Nagaur district’s Ladnun tehsil. It is 12 km west of Ladnun and 20 km south-west of Sujangarh.it is situated from Nagaur on to Ladnun road....

 , stone cutting polishing and tile cutting industries.
Some of the industries are famous for their products such as Plough, Cultivators, Groundnut Digger.......

Spiritual and yoga centers

Famous centers of Jainism are Jain Vishva Bharati and Jain Vishva Bharati Institute which are
situated here. It is a school of thought; a centre if spirituality and purification; a society of
Ahimsa; a treasure of tranquility; an abode of humanity on earth.

Yoga
Yoga
Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...

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Yoga is not only a physical exercise. It is a science, which develops personality, leads a person to
harmony, peace , concentration and balance. It helps to practice meditation.

Pranayam
Pranayam
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Pranayam is the advanced technique of stilling the breath. It helps to achieve a calm, blissful and
focused mind. It balances left and right hemispheres and is important in preparation for
meditation.

Kayotsarg:


Kayotsarg is a tool for self-purification and realization. It helps to reduce physical, motional,
mental, intellectual stress and anxiety. In this age of stress and tension, Kayotsarg leads to a happy, peaceful and contended life.

Anupreksha:

Anupreksha is full concentration on a single competition. This is an efficient process of
ascertaining the reality. Ancient philosophers and seers used this tools extensively for realizing
the Truth.

Mantra Meditation:

Mantra Meditation is a powerful ancient practice. It affects the chemistry of the body and mind.
Mantra Meditation awakens consciousness and enlightenment.

Preksha Meditation
Preksha meditation
Preksha meditation [Preksha Dhyana] is a popular meditation technique of Jainism . It was formulated by the tenth Spiritual head of Terapanth Shvetambara Jain Acharya Mahaprajna in the middle of the 20th century on the guidance of Acharya Tulsi...

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Preksha Meditation is apath of self awakening and self realization. It helps to connect with your
soul at its most profound level, achieve a state of super consciousness and increased
concentration. The process of meditation puts you in touch with enlightenment, peace of mind
and simple clarity.

Agricultural resources

Agriculture is the main occupation of a majority of the population of the Ladnun tehsil.
Major crops:
Bajra, wheat, jowar, til, barley and pulses are the major crops of Ladnun. Rabi crops are usually
sown in November whereas Kharif crops are sown with the beginning of the first rains in July.

Geography

Ladnu is located at 27.6500°N 74.3833°E. It has an average elevation of 328 metres (1079 feet).

Demographics

India census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Ladnu had a population of 57,047. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ladnu has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 49%. In Ladnu, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.ladnun tehsil's biggest village is Nimbi jodha which is 14 km from ladnun

Holy Saint

Acharya Tulsi
Acharya Tulsi
Acharya Tulsi was a Jainist Acharya . He was the founder of the Anuvrata and the Jain Vishva Bharti Institute, Ladnun and the author of over one-hundred books. Dr. Radhakrishnan in his "Living with Purpose" included him in the world's 15 great persons. He was given the title "Yuga-Pradhan" in a...

(October 20, 1914-June 23, 1997) was a Jainist Acharya (an ascetic). He was the founder of the Anuvrata and the Jain Vishva Bharti Institute, Ladnun and the author of over one-hundred books. The son of devout Jain traders, Tulsi was born in 1914 in Ladnun, India to Jhumarmal Khated and Vadana Ji. Acharya Kalugani, the family guru, greatly influenced Tulsi, later recalling: "His divine face fascinated my heart and I used to gaze at him for hours."

Tulsi took his monk's vows at age 11 with remarkable dedication, and by the time he was 16, he had already started attracting acolytes. In 1936, Kalugani nominated Tulsi to be his successor, making him head of Terapanth group. Through his oversight, he initiated more than 776 monks and nuns.

Maharishi Kanishk Sharma took vows at the age of 6. He was the follower of Acharya Tulsi and was gifted with unparalleled knowledge in the field of Mathematics and Instrumentation.
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