Sahwa, Rajasthan

Sahawa
Sahawa Sahib
Town

Pools of still water and a domed white temple partly obscured by trees.

Sahawa's Gurudwara
Sahawa

Location in Rajasthan, India

Coordinates: 28°52′23″N 74°50′48″E / 28.87306°N 74.84667°E / 28.87306; 74.84667Coordinates: 28°52′23″N 74°50′48″E / 28.87306°N 74.84667°E / 28.87306; 74.84667
Country  India
State Rajasthan
District Churu
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Climate Arid (Köppen)

Sahawa (or Sahwa) is a village in the Taranagar subdistrict of Churu district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.This place is famous for an historical Gurudwara.[1]

Transportation

The nearest railhead is at Nohar, and the closest airport is at Jaipur.[2] The nearest seaport is Kandla.

The historical Gurudwara

The Gurudwara of Sahwa is associated with tenth Sikh Guru Guru Gobind Singh.He had visited this village in Nov.1704.To commemorate this event a beautiful Gurudwara was built by Sikhs.

Water supply

There is a water treatment plant at Sahwa, part of the Aapni-Yojna integrated water supply project serving northwestern Rajasthan.It supplies water to other cities near by it like Taranagar,Bhanin etc.It is one of largest water filtering plant in Rajasthan[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Village Code Directory: Rajasthan" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Sahawa in India". India9. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Draft report" (PDF). Retrieved December 17, 2010.


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