Rajpura Kumhar

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Map of Kawardha district

Bodla, Chaura, Rajpura location map

Location of Chhapri, Chaura, Bhoramdeo Temple, Chilpi Ghati, Salhewara in Kawardha, Chhattisgarh

Rajpura Kumhar (राजपुरा) is village in Bodla tahsil of Kawardha (Kabirdham) district in Chhattisgarh.

Variants

• Kumbhipuri (कुम्भीपुरी) - Mentioned in Mandava Mahal Inscription of Ramachandra of Phani Nagavanshi kings of Samvat 1406 (A. D. 1349) at Chaura. According to historians....Kumbhipuri is not traceable. It was given at the same time as an agrahara to a Brahman named Mahesa. ....We think it is used for twin village Rajpura Kumhar, as Kumbhipuri literally means 'Kumharapuri'.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Raju = Rajpura is village in Bodla tahsil of Kawardha (Kabirdham) district in Chhattisgarh.

History

Rajapura was a village granted for the supply of offerings to the god, and may be identified with a village of the same name three miles from Chaura.

Kumbhipuri is not traceable by historians. It was given at the same time as an agrahara to a Brahman named Mahesa. ....We think it is used for twin village Rajpura Kumhar, as Kumbhipuri literally means 'Kumharapuri'.

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