Pathari

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This article is about the town. For the princely state, see Pathari State. For the village in Nepal, see Pathari, Nepal.
Pathari
Town
Gadarmal Jain Temple
Gadarmal Jain Temple
Pathari is located in Madhya Pradesh
Pathari
Pathari
Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 23°56′0″N 78°13′0″E / 23.93333°N 78.21667°E / 23.93333; 78.21667Coordinates: 23°56′0″N 78°13′0″E / 23.93333°N 78.21667°E / 23.93333; 78.21667
CountryIndia
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictVidisha
Tehsilpathari
Named forFormer princely state
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
464337
STD code07593
ClimateAw (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature34 °C (93 °F)
Avg. winter temperature18 °C (64 °F)
Pathari - Climate-Data
Ruins of a temple near Pathari in 1897.

Pathari is a town in Kurwai Tehsil, Vidisha district, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.[1]

Geography[]

Pathari is located at

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23°56′N 78°13′E / 23.933°N 78.217°E / 23.933; 78.217.[2] It is located close to a lake on a hillock with an elevation of 550 metres. There are ancient ruins and caves close to the town in an area known as Badoh-Pathari.[3][4]

History[]

A 1269 CE inscription of the Paramara king Jayavarman II was found at Pathari. It records the allotment of land for a religious rite. The inscription mentions Vaḍovyapattana, which is identified with the Badoh village near Pathari.[5]

During the British Raj era, Pathari was the capital of Pathari State, one of several princely states of the Central India Agency.[6]

Religious Importance[]

Main article: Jain temples, Vidisha

9th century built Gadarmal Jain Temple & vanmandir Jain Temple is situated here .

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Pathari Block Panchayat List[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Pali
  3. ^ Photographs from the Pathari ruins (Madhya Pradesh, India)
  4. ^ Badoh Pathari
  5. ^ Harihar Vitthal Trivedi (1991). Inscriptions of the Paramāras (Part 2). Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume VII: Inscriptions of the Paramāras, Chandēllas, Kachchapaghātas, and two minor dynasties. Archaeological Survey of India. pp. 208–209. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1451755.
  6. ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 29.

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