Ataliya is a village in Lilia Taluka of Amreli district, Gujarat, India.
Places of interest
Antalia is known for a shrine of Mahadev called the Antaleshvar. The linga is kind of svayambhu, that is to say, a natural shape protruding from the ground and not a carved stone placed there. This kind of symbol of Mahadev is especially sacred, and the Antaleshvar has quite a local renown. It is specially revered by the Leuva Kanbis, and they are wont to repair hither for caste disputes. They also are very constant in supplying offerings to the shrine of grain etc.
There is a celebrated sati's paliyo here, dated Samvat 1650 (1594 AD) Shaka Samvat 1516. The inscription says that Bai Jatna, wife of Samatji, took shelter with Ragnunathji on the seventh of the light half of the month of Chaitra. This paliyo is built into the temple well, but the inscription is being rapidly effaced by people washing clothes and beating them on this stone. This monument is said to be in memory of the wife of Samat Khuman, great-uncle of Loma Khuman, of Kherdi State. There are several other monumental stones of the Khumans. The village was conquered by Thakor Vakhatsinghji of Bhavnagar State, together with the rest of the Lilia and Kharapat district at the close of the eighteenth century.