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The Best Attractions In Osian

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Osian is an ancient town located in the Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. It is an oasis in the Thar Desert, and has been known as the Khajuraho of Rajasthan for its temples. The town is a panchayat village and the headquarters for Osian tehsil. It lies 69 km by road north of the district headquarters at Jodhpur, on a diversion off the main Jodhpur – Bikaner Highway. Osian is famous as home to the cluster of ruined Brahmanical and Jain temples dating from the 8th to 11th centuries. The city was a major religious centre of the kingdom of Marwar during the Gurjara Pratihara dynasty. Of the 18 shrines in the group, the Surya or Sun T...
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  • 1. Sachiya Mata Temple Osian
    The Sachchiya Mata Temple is located in Osian, near Jodhpur city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The mother goddess Sachiya is worshipped there by Maid Kshatriya Swarnakar , Marwadi, Oswal, Agarwal, Maheshwari, and Mahecha . Panwar Rajputs/Parmar Rajputs, Lakhesars Kumawat , Oswal, Charans, Jains, Pareeks Brahmins, and many other castes living in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and North India. The temple was built by the Parmar King Upendre for his Kuldevi in the 9th to 10th century CE. Maa Jagat Bhawani Shri Sachchiyay Mataji was historically called Shri Osiya Mataji. An archaeological team found many samples, statues, and paintings there. Depictions included the ancient deity of Harihar , Vasudeva with baby Krishna on his head, Krishna fighting with a horse, the killing of Putna, Kalidaman...
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  • 3. Surya Temple Osian
    Surya is a Sanskrit word that means the Sun. Synonyms of Surya in ancient Indian literature include Aditya, Arka, Bhānu, Savitru, Pushana, Ravi, Mārtanda, Mitra and Vivasvāna.Surya also connotes the solar deity in Hinduism, particularly in the Saura tradition found in states such as Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Odisha. Surya is one of the five deities considered as equivalent aspects and means to realizing Brahman in the Smarta Tradition. Surya's iconography is often depicted riding a chariot harnessed by horses, often seven in number which represent the seven colour rays of the rainbow. In medieval Hinduism, Surya is also an epithet for the major Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu. In some ancient texts and arts, Surya is present...
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