Datrana

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Datrana or Dantrana is a village in Mendarada Taluka of Junagadh district, Gujarat, India. [1] Historicaly, Datrana was the jagir consisting of 84 villages ruled by the Charanas. The village is well-known for the shrine of goddess Aai Nagbai. [2]

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History

During British Raj, Datrana belonged to the Vadal revenue subdivision of the Junagadh state. It is twelve miles south of Junagadh and twenty miles south of Vadál.

Places of interest

About half a mile north of the village is the Godhmo Hill so named because fabled to have once been the residence of a demon of this name. There are small shrines of the goddesses Gátrád and Khodiyar on the summit of this hill much respected by Kathis and Charanas. The hill is composed of a kind of syenite and is covered with Ráyan trees (Mimusops hexandrus) and it is said that if the berries of this tree are taken away for private consumption they keep good, but if taken away for sale maggots at once appear in them. [3]

Demographics

The population of Dántrána according to the census of 1872 was 1421 but sank to 1273 souls in 1881 consequent on the famine of 1878-79. [3]

Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ તા.પં.મેંદરડા, વેબસાઈટ
  2. ↑ Gujarat (India) (1975). Gujarat State Gazetteers: Junagadh. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State. Datrana, 6 kms., south of Mendarda and about 18 kms., south of Junagadh, is known for the shrine and memorial stone of Nagbai, a Charan woman, well-known in the surrounding areas. Datrana was the Jagir of Charans with 84 villages.
  3. 1 2 Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar. Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. pp. 408–409.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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