Ramrai

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Ramrai is a village Of Gotra Jats in the Jind district of the state of Haryana, India. It is located on the Jind-Hansi road, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of Jind. Ramrai is a traditional south-west Yaksha of the Kurukshetra region.[1]

The village's name derives from "Rama Dhull" (i.e. "'s Rama Dhull").[2] According to myth, in order to appease his ancestors, According To History have filled five pools there with the blood of the defeated Haihayas. Bathing in the Ramahrada tirtha and Sanet tirtha is considered very holy. There is an old temple to Parashurama in the village.[1][3]Besides this Ch. Chander Bhan Ex.S.P & Chairmain Haryana Public Service Commission and his son i.e. Prof. Dharmender Singh Dhull who fought Assembly election on Congress Ticket in 2014 from Julana constituency also belong from village Ramrai.

Notable people from the village include Chaudhary Dal Singh, the first Irrigation and Power Minister of Haryana, and Parminder Singh Dhull, the MLA for the Julana constituency of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for term 2009–2014,and - Pehlwaan Ramrai and Amarjit Singh Dhull founder of IB School Rohtak, Ukindo international charity (www.ukindo.org), (District Town Planner), Ankit dhull (director MMC), Vision Fostering N(UK) amongst others.

References[]

  1. ^ a b District Administration, Jind. Places of interest Archived 30 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 May 2013
  2. ^ Trivedi, Shiva Dayal (ed.) (1989). Essays on Indology, Polity, and Administration in Honour of Padmabhushan Sh. R.K. Trivedi, Volume 1, p. 220. Agam Kala Prakashan
  3. ^ Handa, Devendra (2006). Sculptures from Haryana: Iconography and Style, p. 124. Indian Institute of Advanced Study and Aryan Books International

Coordinates: 27°31′N 79°04′E / 27.517°N 79.067°E / 27.517; 79.067

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