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Author: Laxman Burdak IFS (R)

Location of Dhima in Banas Kantha District

Varahapuri (वराहपुरी) is a place in Banaskantha district near Dhima in Gujarat. It is now known as Dharanidhar.[1]

Variants

  • Varahapuri वराहपुरी, जिला बनासकांठा, गुजरात, (AS, p.833)
  • Dharanidhara धरणीधर = varahapuri वराहपुरी (AS, p.463)

History

Dhima is village in Vav Tahsil in Banas Kantha district in Gujarat. At Dhema in Tharad a fair is held in honour of Dharanidharji. Dharanidhar, the Kurma or tortoise, ' supporter of the earth,' is the second incarnation of Vishnu. (BG, v. 300, 342)

James Tod[2] writes that The principal towns in the Chauhan raj in Indian desert were Suigam, Dharanidhar, Bakhasar, Tharad, Hotiganv, and Chitalwana. Rana Narayan Rao resides alternately at Sui and Bah, both large towns surrounded by an abbatis, chiefly of the babul and other thorny trees, called in these regions kantha-ka-kot, which has given these simple, but very [306] efficient fortifications the term of kantha-ka-kot, or ' fort of thorns.' The resources of Narayan Rao, derived from this desert domain, are said to be three lakhs of rupees, of which he pays a triennial tribute of one lakh to Jodhpur, to which no right exists, and which is rarely realized without an army. The tracts watered by the Luni yield good crops of the richer grains ; and although, in the dry season, there is no constant stream, plenty of sweet water is procured by excavating wells in its bed. But it is asserted that, even when not continuous, a gentle current is perceptible in those detached portions or pools, filtrating under the porous sand : a phenomenon remarked in the bed of the Kunwari River (in the district of Gwalior), where, after a perfectly dry space of several miles, we have observed in the next portion of water a very perceptible current.

Nagavanshi History

Dr Naval Viyogi[3] writes .... Other shrines in Kathiavar are that of Pratika at Talsānā in Jhalavar, and that of Devānik Charmālia in the village of Chokri under Chuda. But the most famous snake temple of Gujarat is that of the celebrated Dharanidhara or 'Earthholder' situated at the village of Dhemi, a few miles to the North-West of Tharād, in North Gujarat. This shrine is visited by pilgrims from all parts of India. There is a well executed image of a cobra in the temple of the Dhem-Naga, as the Dharanidhara is locally called. There are many other local temples in Gujrat and Kathiavar where cobra is worshipped.[4]

It is quite clear that Kathiavar is an important centre of Naga worship, which simultaneously is also a big centre of Megaliths. The round headed Alpine race is also settled, here in a very high number.

वराहपुरी

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[5] ने लेख किया है ...वराहपुरी बनासकांठा ज़िला, राजस्थान में 'ढीमा' नामक ग्राम के निकट स्थित है। प्राचीन काल में यहाँ वराह भगवान का मंदिर था, जिसे मध्य काल में मुसलमानों ने नष्ट कर दिया। अब इस स्थान को 'धरणीधर' कहा जाता है। धरणीधर पुराणों के अनुसार 'वराह' (शूकर) का ही पर्याय है।

Dharanidhara in Mahabharata

Dharanidhara (धरणीधर) is mentioned in Mahabharata (XIV.8.26), (XIV.8),

Aswamedha Parva, Mahabharata/Book 14 Chapter 8 mentions Names of Shiva. Dharanidhara (धरणीधर) is mentioned in Mahabharata (XIV.8.26). [6]

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References

  1. Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.833-34
  2. James Todd Annals/Sketch of the Indian Desert, Vol. III,p. 1277-78
  3. Nagas, The Ancient Rulers of India, Their Origins and History, 2002, pp. 28
  4. Ibid
  5. Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.833-34
  6. त्रिपुरघ्नं त्रिनयनं त्रिलॊकेशं महौजसम, प्रभवं सर्वभूतानां धारणं धरणीधरम (XIV.8.26)