Ghanerao


Ghanerao is a village in Desuri tehsil of Pali district of Rajasthan.
The village is located on the Sadri-Desuri road State Highway 16. Due to its proximity to Kumbhalgarh fort, Ranakpur Jain temple and Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, it is an important place in tourism with history. There are many Hindu and Jain temples in and around Ghanerao. In the village, there are many Hindu temples such as Laxmi Narayanji, Murlidhar and Charbhujaji. On the outskirts of the village is situated a ‘mahanth’ known as Giriji Ki Dhani. The village have many temples of Riddhi & Siddhi Gajanand, a Sri Mahalaxmi ji, Sri Britwesar Mahadev Temple. There are about 11 Jain temples some of them are quite old, Muchhal Mahavir Temple being the most notable one.

Britwaiser Temple

The Bratwesher mahadev ji temple was pronounced 'Britwesar Mahadev' by the British, resulting in a name change to Britwaiser Mahadev Temple.

Demographics

The population of Ghanerao is 7,650 according to a 2001 census, where male population is 3,732 and female population is 3,918.

Ghanerao Jagir

Ghanerao was a princely thikana of 37 villages founded in 1606. It was a member of two states Jodhpur State as well as Udaipur State. It was ruled by Rathores of Mertia clan. The village has a fort which is now a heritage hotel.

Notable places