Pathari

Pathari is a town in Vidisha district, Many tourist attractions in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.[1]

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
CountryIndia
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictVidisha
Tehsilpathari
Named forFormer princely state

Founder =Nawab Hayder Mohammad Khan(Great Grandson of Nawab Dost Mohammad Khan/Dost Mohammad of Bhopal State)

Last ruler = Nawab Abdul Rahim Khan
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, English, Urdu
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.

Geography

Pathari is located at 23°56′N 78°13′E.[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

[5]

Nawabzada Umar Mohammad Khan of Pathari state with a dead man-eater tiger

During the British Raj era, Pathari was the capital of Pathari State, one of several princely states of the Central India Agency.[6] Pathari State was established by the Nawabzada Hayder Mohammad Khan of Orakzai Clan Mirazikhel tribe. The State of Bhopal and Rahatgarh later Rahatgarh state become Pathari after losing rule over Rahatgarh by East India Company was founded in 1723 by Sardar Dost Muhammad Khan, from Tirah in Afghanistan, a descendant of the Mirazi Khel branch of the Warakzais (Orakzai) Pathans. He entered the service of Emperor Aurangzeb and had been appointed Governor of Bhairsa. Taking advantage of the disintegrating of the Mughal Empire, he declared his independence and found a separate state. Bhopal and Rahatgarh divided between two sons of Nawab Dost Mohammad Khan Nawab Yar Mohammad Khan got reign over Bhopal State and Nawab Sultan Mohammad Khan over Rahatgarh later became Pathari State.

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
  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.

Bhopal, Bhopal State


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