Pali – The Industrial City of Rajasthan!

Pali is a city in Rajasthan state of western India. It is the administrative headquarters of Pali District and comes in the Marwar region. It is situated on the bank of the river Bandi and is 70 km south-east of Jodhpur. It is known as “The Industrial City”. The town of Pali is the district headquarters. Pali is famous for its sweet named Gulab Halwa made from milk. Pali is also famous for its Heena(Mehandi)(which is mainly produced in Sojat city which is 39.5 km away from pali) production in India. It is also known as the textile hub of Rajasthan. it is also well known for kulfi and ice cream. Pali is also famous for Umaid mill which is a very big mill in Rajasthan founded on the name of Maharaja Shri Umaid Singh. Maa hinglaj temple in Pali district it is up to 3 km Mountain in Aravali caves. the way to going is nearby Jawai bandh and Falna Station, this temple is in Bijapur village. Shri Navlakha Parshwanath Jain Temple is the Jain temple is in the main city. Rs 9 lakhs were spent on raising the temple in V.S. 969. It is said that the assumed cost of ghee was Rs. nine lakhs and the money later used for developing this temple, which later on called as Navlakha temple. Moolnayak of this temple is a White coloured idol of Navlakha Parshvanath in the Padmasana posture. This temple belongs to Shwetambar Sect. of Jainism. Dharamshala (Lodging) and Bhojanshala (Food) facilities are available. Devgiri Temple Bhatund is situated in the centre of Jawai Dam. Also, 2 more temples are there Maa Aavarki temple and Maa Varahi temples. Bangur Museum is situated in the Pali city at an old bus stand and named after Mr Bangur like other buildings in Pali-Bangur Hospital, Bangur Dharmshala. Many old historical and artistic items like dresses, coins, arms etc. are kept here to attract tourists who are interested in Rajasthani culture. Maharana Pratap Smarak the birthplace of Maharana Pratap, situated nearby Somnath temple. he was a loyal king to his servants and never bowed down. He fought the Mughals for independent and consolidated Mewar. Other places to visit are Navlakha Jain temple, Rameshwar Mahadev Mandir, Radha Krishna Astrological House, Bajrang Bag, Karni Mata Temple, Havas Dam, Geeta Bhavan, Bangor museum, Bangor mandir, Sai Baba temple, Keshav Bhawan (Sangh karyalay), Maharana Pratap Smarak (Birthplace of Pratap) and Illogi Temple are some of the other places of interest. Ram mandir Geewada, Hinglage Mataji mandir in Bhagali.