The lake is actually an extensive saline wetland, with water depths fluctuating
from just a few centimeters as 60 cm (1 inch
= 2.54 centimeters) during the dry season to
about 3 meters (10 ft) after the monsoon season. It occupies an area of
190 to 230 square kilometers, based on the
season. It is an elliptically shaped lake
35.5 km long with a breadth varying between
3 km and 11 km. It is located in Nagaur and Jaipur districts and it also
borders the Ajmer district. The
circumference of the lake is 96 km,
surrounded on all sides by the Aravali hiils.The Sambhar lake basin is
divided by a 5.1 km long dam made of sand stone. After salt water reaches a
certain concentration, it will be released
from the west side to the eastern side by
lifting dam gates. To the east of the dam
are salt evaporation ponds where salt has been
farmed for a thousand years. This eastern
area is 80 km². and comprises salt
reservoirs, canals and salt pans separated
by narrow widges. To the east of the dam is
a railroad, built by the British (before India’s independence) to
provide access from Sambhar Lake City to the salt works.
Shakambari Devi Temple
shrine dedicated to Shakambari Devi is near
the famous Sāmbhar Lake, 90 kilometers west
of Jaipur, Rajasthan. This temple is quite
ancient and popular estimates put the age of
this temple at 1300 years or more. According
to a Hindu tradition, Shakumbari Devi -
tutelary Goddess of Rors and Chauhan Rajputs
- converted forest to a plain of precious
metals. When people worried and felt it as
curse rather than blessing, and requested
her to retract her favor, she converted the
silver to salt, now found in the lake.
Narayana (Dadu Dayal )
Dadu ji had 100 disciples that followed his
teachings and attained salvation. He
instructed an additional 52 disciples to set
up ashrams, 'Thambas' around the region to
spread the Lord's word. Dadu ji spent the
latter years of his life in Narayana, a
small distance away from the town of Dudu,
near Jaipur city.
Five thambas are considered sacred by the
followers, namely, Narayana, Bhairanaji,
Sambhar, Amer, and Karadala (Kalyanpura).
Followers of these thambas then spread and
set up other places of worship.
S.K. N Agricultural College , Jobner
The college has made tremendous progress in
the field of agricultural education,
research and extension, catering to the
needs of the state in particular and that of
the country in general. Its situation in an
arid rural setup makes it ideally suited to
follow integrated programmes of education,
research and extension having relevance to
the needs of the farming community of this
state, of which 75% areas is arid and semi-arid.The
college had its inception in the building of
high school (at present this building houses
Central Academy).
Rurla Agricultural
Work Experience (RAWE) is offered in the final semester of B.Sc.(Ag)
students so that they have hands on
experience of rural setting
1997 - College celebrated the Golden Jubilee of establishment.
2004
- Renovation of the
buildings was undertaken on massive scale.
Central laboratory established. Girls hostel
commissioned.
Web link :- http://sknjobner.org/college.asp
Bande ke Balaji
Bande ke Balaji is a temple tucked away in
Dudu Tehsil of Jaipur district in Rajasthan.
On the day after Akha Teej (Akshaya Trithiya),
the day considered auspicious for marriages,
which fell on May 11 this year, newly weds
come here to take the blessings of the
deity. From 7 a.m. until 3 p.m., couples
arrive with their families mostly in hired
jeeps and cars to participate in the brief
rituals and the nondescript ceremony.
Everyone has to be given a fair chance and
there are no long lines. The couples come
and go in droves, but there are no queues
and all efforts are made to ensure that
everyone gets a fair chance
The Barefoot College in Tilonia
The Social Work and Research Centre (SWRC)
started officially in the village of Tilonia
on 5 February 1972. On that day the Government of Rajasthan agreed
to hand over a 45-acre 21-building one-time
TB sanatorium to the SWRC on a long-term
lease for Re.1 per month. But it was not
until November 1972 that the SWRC managed to
begin with a groundwater survey of the 110
villages of Silora Block for the Rural
Electrification Corporation. This project
took two years to complete but resulted in
thhe electrification of almost all theh
villages in the block a decade later.
The BC wanted to break away from the 'social work tradition', which in India had acquired an urban,
middle-class, academic colour, and there
could not have been a better way to do this
than using a professional groundwater survey
as an entry point
