Country India District Ajmer PIN 305801 Area code 01497 | State Rajasthan Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone code 01497 ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | |
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Sursara, also known as Sursura is a village in Kishangarh tehsil in Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan, situated 8 km south of Rupangarh town on Parbatsar - Kishangarh road. This is the place where the Jat folk-deity Tejaji died from a snakebite when he back on the way after fighting with the enemies on 28 August 1103. The jot (जोत) of Tejaji is carried from this place to any place in India where a temple of Tejaji is constructed. It becomes a heaven of visitors and devotees during the month of Bhadwa. Devotees come from Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat to pay tributes.
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Geography
Sursura is located 16 km north from Kishangarh on Parbatsar Road. It has Rupangarh in its north, Kishangarh in south and Harmara in east. It has an average elevation of 416 meters (1365 ft).
Sursura has a hot semi-arid climate. March to July are summer months and the temperature goes around 45 °C. The winter months of October to February are mild and pleasant, with minimum temperature 0°, and with little or no humidity.
Infrastructure
There is gau shala.There are four government schools in Sursura. There is also a Dharamshala in front of tejaji's Temple in which life of Tejaji is depicted, as well as Dadu's Temple and Tejaji's Temple.
Demography
Sursura is home of 1100 families and population of about 8,000. Majority of population are Hindus and small minority is Muslim and Sindhi. Marwari and Hindi are majorly spoken languages.
Transport
The Village is centrally located. State Highway 7, links Kishangarh and Parbatsar, passes through Sursura. It is also connected to harmara. Bus service is operated from the bus stand situated at main entrance.
Tejaji temple
There is a temple of Tejaji facing east at the site where Tejaji martyred. There are three statues in it. Tejaji is shown riding the mare 'Līlan (लीलण) with a black cobra sucking blood. In the south direction of statues is the bambi where he was bite by cobra. Here is a statue of kala Bhainru, who was supposed to be his guard. Outside the parikrama area is a deoli of Pemal, wife of Tejaji, where she became sati with Tejaji.
Entry of ladies is prohibited in Tejaji temple as he was akhand brahmchari. A Mali caste people does the pooja. Current Pujari is Kalyanji Mali.