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Submitted by motist on Tuesday, 31 August 2010  Page Views: 5918

Multi-periodSite Name: Mandvi surroundings Alternative Name: Nani Rayan
Country: India
NOTE: This site is 20.625 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Mandvi
Latitude: 22.823813N  Longitude: 69.351545E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Mandvi surroundings submitted by motist : Mandvi surroundings Aayu Mata temple Don village (the healing Goddess) Don village in Mandvi Taluka situated about 10 Km NW' of Mandvi port,, Aayu Mata temple draws many Pilgrims from all over Kutch and Gujarat. Aayu means Life in Sanskrit, goddess Aayu bestow longevity ,health and progeny on her worshippers. The worshippers that begs for health bring to the temple wooden images... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Mandvi shipyard industry,Mandvi surroundings temples,Hero and Sati stones,the ruins of ancient Mandvi ( Nani Rayan )

* The area of Mandvi surroundings are large so i give mandvi's shipyard Gaps position



Kutch has a long seafaring tradition. Kutchi merchants and traders, both Hindus and Muslims, are traditionally skillful and daring in long sea voyages. From ancient times, they have fared forth, as they do today, to East Africa, Arabia and the Persian Gulf. The craftsmanship of Ketch pilots had impressed greatly even to the nautical minded British during the colonial rule. According to the writings of Mrs Postans, the Kutchi pilots had expertise in determining latitude and longitude by dead reckoning. They were also very familiar with nautical tables.

From very ancient times right up to the beginning of the 20Th century, the five main ports of Kutch (Mandvi, Mundra, Jakhau, Koteshwar and Lakpath) have had a prosperous history, which is enshrined in their fortified walls and long jetties in hewn stone; in the palace like houses of their merchants; in their numerous votive temples and in shrines commemorating the past prosperity of the pious.

Rao Khengarji I in 1574 had founded Mandvi, the chief among all ports of the historic Kutch. However, the history of Mandvi goes back much earlier time, during the time of Indo-Roman trade, in the early centuries of the Christian era. Nani Rayan, a small hamlet located 3 km upstream of river Rukmavati was a flourishing river port in the early Christian era. Archaeological discoveries from this river port include pieces of Roman amphorae, an iron smelting foundry, walls of houses, brick kilns, pottery with animal figures, and plenty of copper and silver coins.

A popular story in Mandvi explains how and when Nani Rayan became desolate and Mandvi emerged.

Dharamnath was a miracle-working saint, who had come to Kutch in search of a secluded place where he could practise his austerities. He decided to practise penance under a tree at Nani Rayan. At that time Nani Rayan was still a flourishing city. Dharamnath began the 12-year penance that he had set himself. It was Gharibnath, Dharamnath’s disciple, who had to see his wants. But the people of the city had no respect for the saints. Gharibnath could not arrange the daily alms and thereafter to supply his master he was obliged to cut and sell firewood. This fetched him little money to purchase grains needed to keep the saints alive. One poor woman of the city took pity on them; and without payment baked the grain into bread, adding chapatis from her own stove when the firewood money ran short. When Dharamnath finished his penance, he came to know what had happened. He cursed: ‘pattan sub dattan – may all the wealthy be overthrown’. Then after, Nani Rayan became desolate; its buildings fell, and its inhabitants moved to present day Mandvi.


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Re: Mandvi surroundings by motist on Tuesday, 31 August 2010
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