Kuchera

Kuchera
Town
Kuchera Location in Rajasthan, India Show map of Rajasthan Kuchera Kuchera (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°59′N73°58′E / 26.98°N 73.97°E / 26.98; 73.97
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Nagaur
Elevation	301 m (988 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	19,563
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	RJ-21

Kuchera is a town and a municipality in Nagaur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was settled by Rao Kajal Singh Gehlot. He was a descendant of Bappa Rawal. He left Chittorgarh with his kuldevta bheravji and kuldevi bayan mata to settle Kuchera Town after 8th Century and establish two temples in kuchera one is dedicated to bherav ji which is famous today for name of kuchera bheruji while other one is dedicated to baan mata kuldevi of sisodiya dynasty . ^[1] and bherav mandir of mandore and kodemdesar also belongs with kuchera bheruji ,and have roots and blood relation from rao kajal singh gahlot of kuchera

History

On conquering Ahmedabad Maharaja Abhey Singh awarded a village known as Kuchera to the Mirdha family. When Maharaja Bhakt Singh, 1751 A.D., came to power he gave Mangal Ram Mirdha, then Chief Postal Administrator, the village Silas. An additional gift was made to the Mirdhas by giving them power to collect land revenue up to Rs. 500 annually. ^[1]

References

1. Kuchera