Bhuvad

Bhuvad is a village of Ahir [Zaru] And Rathod or rathore Rajput Kshatriya in Anjar Taluka of Kutch district of Gujarat, India.

History

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  Bhuvadeshvar Mahadev Temple, Side view
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  Bhuvadeshvar Mahadev Temple, Front view
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  Bhuvadeshvar Mahadev

Bhuvad has a much ruined temple of Bhuvadeshvar Mahadev, whose hall, mandap, measuring 313⁄4 feet by 391⁄4 inside, is supported by 64 pillars and 4 pilasters, 18 on the screen wall and 12 round the dome. The pillars are square to about one-third their height, then octagonal, and lastly round. The shrine has been large, fully 23 feet square, domed on 12 pilasters, 18 inches by 12, with four-armed figures on the brackets. The brackets of the hall columns are plain, but above the bracket a plinth, nine or ten inches deep, is carved with a raised geometrical pattern, The fronts of the brackets are carved. The walls of the temple are of stone throughout. Over the shrine door is a Devi, probably Bhavani. On the pilasters to the right of the shrine is an inscription dated 1289-90 (Samvat 1346); of which all that is now legible are the names of Vanaram and a few other Thakors, probably his ancestors. Bhuvad, who gave its name to the village, is said to have been a Chavda chief, killed either by the Kathis or by Lakha Phulani Jadeja about 1320: His headless body is said to have fought its way to Bhuvad, where is a shrine with a red-painted headless figure. Near his shrine are tall tombstones, said to have been raised over warriors who fell in the battle in which Bhuvad was slain. ^{[1] [2]}

Demographics

The village, apart from. Ahir And RathodRajput kshatriyas and families of Zaru and also has a significant proportion of the population belonging to the Rabari and Patidar communities. ^[3] The Leva Patidar of village Bhuvad have adopted the Bhudia / Bhudya surname after their ancestral village Bhuvad. ^{[3] [4]} The Padharia community of Kutch also have a Kuldevi temple at the village.

References

1. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Printed at the Government Central Press. 1880. p. 219. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
2. James Burgess (1876). Report on the Antiquities of Kutch & Kathiawar: Being the Result of the Second Season's Operations of the Archaeological Survey of Western India, 1874-1875. London: India Museum. pp. 209–210. Alt URL Archived 29 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
3. "The Leva Patel Community of Bhuj Kutch" . Retrieved 8 September 2012.
4. "Meghji Gohia Bhudia of Bhuvad Kutch" . Retrieved 8 September 2012.

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